A Case of Cat Scratch Disease Complicated by Reversible Encephalopathy
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Cat scratch disease presenting as acute encephalopathy.
An unusual case of primary meningo-encephalitis followed by partial complex seizure in a 9-year-old boy was found to be a symptom of cerebral Bartonella henselae infection or cat scratch disease. Despite one clinical relapse at 4 weeks post-presentation, he remained seizure free on carbamazepine for one year. Six months after stopping carbamazepine, however, he developed deja vu phenomena and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1884-569X,0387-5911
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.65.1464