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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr;66(4):e27573.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.27573. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Disseminated Bartonella henselae disease mimicking Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Athanasia Apsemidou  1   2 , Kerstin Rauwolf  1 , Athanasios Tragiannidis  1   2 , Angela Brentrup  3 , Manfred Schiborr  4 , Karsten Becker  5 , Martina Ahlmann  1 , Andreas H Groll  1
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Disseminated Bartonella henselae disease mimicking Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Athanasia Apsemidou et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of cat-scratch disease, has been recognized to be responsible for a broad range of clinical syndromes. We report the case of a patient with disseminated B. henselae infection mimicking Langerhans cell histiocytosis at presentation and its successful management with neurosurgery, prolonged antibacterial therapy, and observation.

Keywords: bartonellosis; children; diagnosis; histiocytosis; management; osteonecrosis.

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