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Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Research Letter

Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis

Parham SendiComments to Author , Cedric Hirzel, Andreas Bloch, Urs Fischer, Natalie Jeannet, Livia Berlinger, and Heinz Krestel
Author affiliations: Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern; Bioanalytica AG, Luzern, Switzerland

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Images of woman with transverse myelitis and Bartonella henselea infection. A) Magnetic resonance image of the spine showing transverse myelitis. Fat-saturated (fs) T1-weighted image with contrast medium (cm), sagittal plane (left panel) and axial plane (middle panel). T2-weighted image, sagittal plane (right panel). B) Coronal view of computed tomography image of the chest, showing right axillar lymphadenopathy (arrows). C) Right index finger, showing a persistent ulcer from a cat scratch.

Figure. Images of woman with transverse myelitis and Bartonella henselea infection. A) Magnetic resonance image of the spine showing transverse myelitis (arrowhead). Fat-saturated (fs) T1-weighted image with contrast medium (cm), sagittal plane (left panel) and axial plane (middle panel). T2-weighted image, sagittal plane (right panel). B) Coronal view of computed tomography image of the chest, showing right axillar lymphadenopathy (arrows). C) Right index finger, showing a persistent ulcer from a cat scratch.

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