Syndrome of Rochalimaea henselae adenitis suggesting cat scratch disease
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The bacterium Rochalimaea henselae may cause cat scratch disease. Cat scratch disease is characterized by inflamed, painful lymph nodes, fever and a lesion at the site of a cat scratch. An otherwise healthy 68-year-old man complained of a fever lasting three days and a mass on his left elbow. He had a lesion on his left hand that had been present for two months. He had small cuts from gardening and had a pet cat. Tests for HIV and syphilis were negative and tests of his liver function, urine and blood were all normal. Rochalimaea henselae was isolated in a sample taken from his lymph node. A previously healthy 27-year-old man complained of a painful lymph node in his left arm. He also had a small lesion on his left hand. He owned dogs, cats and goats. As with patient 1, tests for infection were negative and blood and urine tests were normal. A sample taken from his lymph node was also positive for Rochalimaea henselae. Both patients recovered after treatment with antibiotics.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1993
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Hearing loss in the Sjogren syndrome
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There may be a relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies and hearing loss in patients with Sjogren syndrome. Sjogren syndrome is an autoimmune disease. A study of 30 women with Sjogren syndrome and 40 healthy women found that 14 of the women with Sjogren syndrome had hearing loss compared to only one of the healthy women. Nine of the 14 women with Sjogren's and hearing loss had anticardiolipin antibodies, which are autoantibodies. Other autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are also associated with hearing loss.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1997
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Disease prediction models aim to guide medical decision making
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Doctors are developing clinical prediction rules to determine an individual person's risk of having a specific disease. This is relatively easy for some diseases because the risk factors are well-known. Further research is necessary to determine whether these rules will be useful in actual practice.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 2001
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