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Peter Baylor, Anastasia Garoufi, Themistoclis Karpathios, Jon Lutz, Jeffrey Mogelof, Dennis Moseley, Transverse Myelitis in 2 Patients With Bartonella henselae Infection (Cat Scratch Disease), Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 45, Issue 4, 15 August 2007, Pages e42–e45, https://doi.org/10.1086/519998
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Abstract
Cat scratch disease is usually a benign, self-limiting condition. Neurological manifestations are uncommon and may consist of encephalopathy, seizures, and coma. This report describes 2 cases of transverse myelitis: 1 case in a 46-year-old man who had lymph node biopsy and serological testing results that were positive for Bartonella henselae and 1 case in a 13-year-old adolescent boy who had serological testing results that were positive for B. henselae. These are 2 of the only 3 cases of transverse myelitis associated with cat scratch disease that have been reported since the causative organism was first reported.