Bartonella in skin of people with Cat-Scratch
By Linda on Jan 5, 2011 in Infections
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/12/1963.htm
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Abstract
During the past 2 years, we identified live Bartonella henselae in the primary inoculation sites of 3 patients after a cat scratch. Although our data are preliminary, we report that a cutaneous swab of the skin lesion from a patient in the early stage of cat-scratch disease can be useful for diagnosis of the infection.
