[Cat scratch disease: clinical characteristics in hospitalised children].

INTRODUCTION

There are few communications as regards the epidemiology and clinical features of cat scratch disease (CSD) in Uruguayan children.

OBJECTIVE

To describe the clinical features in hospitalised children at Pereira Rossell Children's Hospital with CSD.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

A descriptive, retrospective study between 01/01/04 and 12/31/08. Clinical features, treatment and evolution were analysed.

RESULTS

There were 15 hospitalised children. All had regional lymphadenitis, 8 had prolonged fever; 13 had liver and/or splenic involvement. No patient died or had sequelae.

CONCLUSIONS

It is important to search for this aetiology in children with prolonged fever and lymphadenitis. Abdominal ultrasound is an important diagnostic step.