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Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and Hearing Loss

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Cat-scratch disease (CSD), a zoonotic disease worldwide, causes significant acute and chronic health problems. Several clinical manifestations of CSD have been reported in humans for more than a century. Until 1993, human diseases caused by Bartonella species have not been well-described [1]. Bartonella spp. were first recognized as a causative agent of endocarditis. With the advances in serological and molecular tests, expansion of up to 30 Bartonella spp. has been detected [2]. Bartonella bacilliformis, Bartonella henselae, and Bartonella quintana are the most common species causing human disease. Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of CSD, is the most common species of Bartonella-associated infection in children. Bartonella clarridgeiae has also been reported in some cases [3].

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  1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Türkiye

    Soner Sertan Kara

  2. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Türkiye

    Emin Sami Arısoy

  3. Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Section of International and Destination Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

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Kara, S.S., Arısoy, E.S., Correa, A.G. (2023). Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and Hearing Loss. In: Arısoy, A.E., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N., Cingi, C., Correa, A.G. (eds) Hearing Loss in Congenital, Neonatal and Childhood Infections. Comprehensive ENT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38495-0_39

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