A CASE OF CAT SCRATCH DISEASE DIAGNOSED BY INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY ASSAY OF IGM SPECIFIC FOR A JAPANESE STRAIN OF Bartonella henselae
A CASE OF CAT SCRATCH DISEASE DIAGNOSED BY INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY ASSAY OF IGM SPECIFIC FOR A JAPANESE STRAIN OF Bartonella henselae
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日本汉赛巴尔通体IGM抗体间接荧光检测诊断猫抓病一例
DOI:
10.1097/icb.0000000000000854
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发表时间:
2019
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通讯作者:
Kimura Kazuhiro
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作者:
Uchi Sho-Hei;Yanai Ryoji;Tsuneoka Hidehiro;Otsuyama Ken-ichiro;Sonoda Koh-Hei;Kimura Kazuhiro
Purpose:To report a case of cat scratch disease–associated retinitis diagnosed with an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) assay for immunoglobulin M (IgM) specific for a strain (YH-01) of Bartonella henselae recently identified in Japan.Methods:Case report of a 24-year-old pregnant woman presented with general fever, fatigue, as well as blurred vision, and a central visual field deficiency in her right eye and was suspected as cat scratch disease because she had started to feed a feral dog a month ago.Results:The patient's serum tested negative, however, with an IFA assay for IgG or IgM specific for the Houston-1, common strain of B. henselae. Further testing with an IFA assay for IgM specific for the YH-01 strain yielded a positive result. On the basis of the clinical findings and the IFA results, we were thus able to make a definitive diagnosis of cat scratch disease.Conclusion:An IFA assay based on the YH-01 or combination of both YH-01 and Houston-1 strains of B. henselae may show increased sensitivity for the diagnosis of cat scratch disease in Japan.