Intra-nodal injection of gentamicin for the treatment of suppurated cat scratch disease's lymphadenitis.
Infection
; 44(1): 23-7, 2016 Feb.
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PURPOSE: Cat scratch disease (CSD)'s lymphadenitis may have a protracted course with painful suppuration necessitating several needle aspirations or surgical drainage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefit of an intra-nodal injection of gentamicin add-on oral azithromycin treatment on the outcome of suppurated CSD's lymphadenitis. METHODS: We performed a retrospective monocentric study including 51 consecutive patients diagnosed between Jan 2009 and Mar 2014 with suppurated CSD who had a positive PCR for Bartonella henselae DNA in pus collected from lymph node by needle aspiration, and who were treated with azithromycin. RESULTS: Among them, 26/51 patients (51%) received oral azithromycin only, of whom 8 patients (31%) were cured and 18 patients (69%) had complications, while 25/51 patients (49%) received an intra-nodal injection of gentamicin add-on oral azithromycin, of whom 16 patients (64 %) were cured and 9 patients (36%) had complications. In univariate analysis, the combined treatment was the only variable related to cure without complications (64 versus 31%, p = 0.01), but this difference did not remain statistically significant in multivariate analysis (OR = 3.84, 95% CI: 0.95-15.56, p = 0.06). CONCLUSIONS: Intra-nodal injection of gentamicin add-on oral azithromycin treatment might improve the outcome of patients with suppurated CSD's lymphadenitis, deserving further randomized studies.
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Asunto principal:
Gentamicinas
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Enfermedad por Rasguño de Gato
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Inyecciones
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Linfadenitis
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Infection
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Alemania