Development of IgA nephritis following cat scratch disease in a 13-year-old boy

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 682-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laszlo Hopp ◽  
Stephen C. Eppes
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Iga Nephritis

Consider Cat-Scratch Disease in Unknown Fever

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
GREG MUIRHEAD
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease

Bacillary Angiomatosis

1995 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 668-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Batsakis ◽  
Jae Y. Ro ◽  
Elizabeth E. Frauenhoffer
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Bacterial Agent ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis ◽  
Mucous Membranes ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and other causes of immunosuppression have ushered in a variety of opportunistic infections. One of these is bacillary angiomatosis, a vasoproliferative lesion whose principal causative agent is Rochalimaea henselae. Bacillary angiomatosis, while preponderantly a cutaneous affliction, can be systemic, including involvement of the head and neck mucous membranes. Molecular technology and epidemiologic studies used to identify the bacterial agent of bacillary angiomatosis have also uncovered R henselae as the organism responsible for most cases of cat-scratch disease. Why the same organism promotes two different histopathologic lesions, as seen in bacillary angiomatosis and cat-scratch disease, is unknown.

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