Hepatic Lesions in an Immunocompetent Child Previously Treated for Cat Scratch Disease With Azithromycin

American Academy of Pediatrics. Bartonella henselae (cat-scratch disease). In: Kimberlin D Brady M Jackson M Long S , eds. Red Book: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 31st ed. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2018:244-247.

Stevens DL Bisno AL Chambers HF , et al. Executive summary: practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(2):147-159. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu444.

Bass JW Freitas BC Freitas AD , et al. Prospective randomized double blind placebo-controlled evaluation of azithromycin for treatment of cat-scratch disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1998;17(6):447-452. doi:10.1097/00006454-199806000-00002.

Carithers HA . Cat-scratch disease. An overview based on a study of 1,200 patients. Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(11):1124-1133. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1985.02140130062031.

Parinaud H . Conjonctivite infectieuse transmise par les animaux. Ann D’oculistique. 1889;101:252-253.

Johnson A . Ocular complications of cat scratch disease. Br J Ophthalmol. 2020;104(12):1640-1646. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315239.

Fouch B Coventry S . A case of fatal disseminated Bartonella henselae infection (cat-scratch disease) with encephalitis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007;131(10):1591-1594. doi:10.5858/2007-131-1591-ACOFDB.

Donà D Nai Fovino L Mozzo E , et al. Osteomyelitis in cat-scratch disease: a never-ending dilemma-a case report and literature review. Case Rep Pediatr. 2018;2018:1679306. doi:10.1155/2018/1679306.

Raoult D Fournier PE Vandenesch F , et al. Outcome and treatment of Bartonella endocarditis. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163(2):226-230. doi:10.1001/archinte.163.2.226.

Florin TA Zaoutis TE Zaoutis LB . Beyond cat scratch disease: widening spectrum of Bartonella henselae infection. Pediatrics. 2008;121(5):e1413-e1425. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1897.

Nawrocki CC Max RJ Marzec NS Nelson CA . Atypical manifestations of cat-scratch disease, United States, 2005-2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(7):1438-1446. doi:10.3201/eid2607.200034.

Arisoy ES Correa AG Wagner ML Kaplan SL . Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease in children: selected clinical features and treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 1999;28(4):778-784. doi:10.1086/515197.

Dunn MW Berkowitz FE Miller JJ Snitzer JA . Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease and abdominal pain. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1997;16(3):269-272. doi:10.1097/00006454-199703000-00003.

Tsujino K Tsukahara M Tsuneoka H , et al. Clinical implication of prolonged fever in children with cat scratch disease. J Infect Chemother. 2004;10(4):227-233. doi:10.1007/s10156-004-0320-8.

Ventura A Massei F Not T Massimetti M Bussani R Maggiore G . Systemic Bartonella henselae infection with hepatosplenic involvement. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1999;29(1):52-56. doi:10.1097/00005176-199907000-00014.

Johnson SC Kosut J Ching N . Disseminated cat scratch disease in pediatric patients in Hawai’i. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020;79(5):64-70.

Dangman BC Albanese BA Kacica MA Lepow ML Wallach MT . Cat scratch disease in two children presenting with fever of unknown origin: imaging features and association with a new causative agent, Rochalimaea henselae. Pediatrics. 1995;95(5):767-771.

Fortuño B Uriel JA Lomba E De Juan F Omeñaca M . Hepatosplenic cat scratch disease diagnosed by serology. Eur J Pediatr. 1999;158(5):432. doi:10.1007/s004310051110.

Lenoir AA Storch GA Deschryver-Kecskemeti K , et al. Granulomatous hepatitis associated with cat scratch disease. Lancet. 1988;331(8595):1132-1136. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91952-6.

Malatack JJ Jaffe R . Granulomatous hepatitis in three children due to cat-scratch disease without peripheral adenopathy: an unrecognized cause of fever of unknown origin. Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(9):949-953. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160330039014.

Rocco VK Roman RJ Eigenbrodt EH . Cat scratch disease. Report of a case with hepatic lesions and a brief review of the literature. Gastroenterology. 1985;89(6):1400-1406. doi:10.1016/0016-5085(85)90661-4.

Destuynder O Vanlemmans P Mboyo A , et al. Systemic cat scratch disease: hepatic and splenic involvement about 3 pediatric cases. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1995;5(6):365-368. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1066245.

Del Pozo AA Angulo-Cruzado M Amenero-Vega R , et al. Hepatosplenic abscesses in an immunocompetent child with cat-scratch disease from Peru. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2019;18(1):23. doi:10.1186/s12941-019-0322-0.

Mathews DM Vance KM McMahon PM Boston C Bolton MT . An atypical case of Bartonella henselae osteomyelitis and hepatic disease. Case Rep Pediatr. 2018;2018:2750275. doi:10.1155/2018/2750275.