1. Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type I in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae
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Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Christopher W. Woods, Patricia E. Mascarelli, Ricardo G. Maggi, and Cristina Pérez Vera
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Adult ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bartonella koehlerae ,Erythema ,medicine.drug_class ,Immunology ,Antibiotics ,610 Medicine & health ,Bartonella Infections ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Bartonella vinsonii ,630 Agriculture ,business.industry ,Transmission (medicine) ,General Medicine ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Complex regional pain syndrome ,Bacteremia ,Hyperalgesia ,bacteria ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Bartonella ,business ,Complex Regional Pain Syndromes - Abstract
After a short-term fever, complex regional pain syndrome, characterized by hyperalgesia, intermittent swelling, erythema and cyanosis of both feet, was diagnosed in a female veterinarian. The woman was infected with Bartonella koehlerae and she was also Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seroreactive. Having failed other treatments, symptoms resolved following initiation of antibiotics.
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- 2013
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