چکیده (انگلیسی):

Cat scratch's disease caused by Bartonella henselae, is known to be a self-limited benign
process in immunocompetent children. The association with neurologic manifestations is
very uncommon especially in patient with no immunologic defects and in cases without
specific treatment. A 7 years old male patient, without any immunocompromised defect,
presented an atypic presentation of the cat scratch disease. The patient came to the
hospital in two opportunities in a status epilepticus, in both cases the diagnosis was
encephalitis by Bartonella henselae and the evolution with treatment was monitored with
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) in cerebrospinal fluid and blood, as well as IFI (IgM,
IgG) serology (indirect immunofluorescence). The patient had a favorable clinical and
laboratory evolution for 6 months showing no recurrence of the disease.