@article {1735,
	title = {Possible donor-recipient bartonellosis transmission in a pediatric liver transplant},
	journal = {Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2008},
	note = {LR: 20091006; JID: 100883688; 0 (Anti-Infective Agents); 0 (Antibodies, Bacterial); 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents); 0 (RNA, Bacterial); 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S); 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 23S); 109581-93-3 (Tacrolimus); 37517-28-5 (Amikacin); 8064-90-2 (Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination); 83905-01-5 (Azithromycin); CIN: Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;11(5):474. PMID: 19804481; 2008/07/22 [aheadofprint]; ppublish},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {431 - 433},
	address = {Denmark},
	abstract = {Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat-scratch disease and other disorders, including hepatosplenic granulomatosis. This infection has only rarely been reported after solid organ transplantation, where it can mimic the more common post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Here we present a case of asymptomatic B. henselae hepatic and lymph nodal granulomatosis in a pediatric patient who had received orthotopic liver transplant 2 months before; we hypothesize that the causative agent was transmitted from the donor. This infection developed early in the post-transplant period; the disease involved only the graft liver and the regional lymph nodes, and the patient did not have a cat or any history of contact, scratches, or bites by a cat. In our patient this infection resolved successfully with a combination of 2 associated antibiotics and reduction of immunosuppressive therapy.},
	keywords = {Amikacin / therapeutic use, Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use, Antibodies, Bacterial / blood, Azithromycin / therapeutic use, Bartonella henselae / isolation \& purification, Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis / drug therapy / etiology / transmission, Child, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents / administration \& dosage, Liver / microbiology / pathology / ultrasonography, Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis / drug therapy / etiology / microbiology, Liver Transplantation / adverse effects, Lymph Nodes / microbiology / pathology / ultrasonography, Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / diagnosis / drug therapy / etiology / microbiology, Male, Postoperative Complications / diagnosis / etiology / microbiology, RNA, Bacterial / analysis, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis, RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / analysis, Tacrolimus / administration \& dosage, Tissue Donors, Transplants / microbiology, Treatment Outcome, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination / therapeutic use},
	issn = {1399-3062; 1398-2273},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1399-3062.2008.00326.x},
	author = {Scolfaro,C. and Mignone,F. and Gennari,F. and Alfarano,A. and Veltri,A. and Romagnoli,R. and Salizzoni,M.}
}
