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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Cervical Lymphadenitis in a Patient Coinfected with Toxoplasma gondii and Bartonella henselae
To cite this article:
Hee Jung Yoon, Woong Chul Lee, Young Sill Choi, SoungHoon Cho, Young Goo Song, Jun Yong Choi, Chang Oh Kim, Ee-Jin Kim, June Myung Kim.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.
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doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0175.
Online Ahead of Print: October 29, 2009
Hee Jung Yoon,1 Woong Chul Lee,1 Young Sill Choi,2 SoungHoon Cho,1 Young Goo Song,3 Jun Yong Choi,4 Chang Oh Kim,4 Ee-Jin Kim,2 and June Myung Kim4 1Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. 2Division of Zoonoses, National Institutes of Health, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Severance Hopsital, Seoul, Korea. 4Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Address correspondence to: June Myung Kim Department of Internal Medicine Yonsei University College of Medicine250, Seongsan-no, Seodaemun-gu Seoul 120-752 Korea E-mail: Abstract Cat scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae, is a worldwide zoonosis that is most frequently associated with the bite or scratch of a kitten under 6 months of age, as well as from a fleabite. Toxoplsma gondii is also another important zoonotic agent in cats and humans, which is mainly acquired by ingestion of food or water that is contaminated with oocytes shed by cats or by eating undercooked or raw meat containing tissue cysts. Here, we report a first case of young patient with cervical lymphadenitis, which shows serological and histological evidence of B. henselae and T. gondii coinfection in Korea with literature review.
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