Adult systemic cat scratch disease associated with therapy for hepatitis C
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Adult systemic cat scratch disease associated with therapy for hepatitis C
BACKGROUND We describe the first case of systemic cat scratch disease in a patient receiving peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C. Cases of adult systemic CSD are extremely infrequent and immunomodulatory treatment for hepatitis C has been associated with aberrant host responses to common pathogens. CASE PRESENTATION A 52 year old man being treated for hepatitis C...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-8