Cat Scratch Disease in kidney transplant receptors: is it a rare or underdiagnosed pathology?

Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) is an infectious disorder which appears after cat scratching particularly in children and adolescents. Bartonella henselae is the etiologic agent more frequently involved. There are only a few recent reports demonstrating the disease after transplantation, although the illn...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Teixeira Verçoza, Carlos Abaeté de los Santos, José Amadeu Vargas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002014000300406&lng=en&tlng=en