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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Fever, bone pain and erectile dysfunction. Where is the cat?

Summary

Cat-scratch disease is due to Bartonella henselae and commonly presents as a localised papular lesion with regional lymphadenopathy. We report the case of a young man suffering general symptoms and dysautonomy characterised by an erectile dysfunction due to an invasive cat-scratch disease. He was successfully treated by tetracyclines during 3 weeks.

  • infections
  • infectious diseases

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221397

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