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Histopathology
; 10(10): 1015-21, 1986 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2430878
ABSTRACT
Lymph node involvement in cat scratch disease is characterized by a granulomatous lymphadenitis with micro-abscesses. Recently, it has been shown that the possible aetiological agent is a micro-organism which stains with some silver stains. In this study 60 lymph nodes were studied from 60 patients, using a modified Dieterlé's stain. In 40 cases (66%) rod-shaped bacilli with rounded extremities were observed. They were negative both with the Gram and Ziehl-Neelsen stains. Since such micro-organisms were demonstrated in the majority of the nodes examined, it can be concluded that silver stains are appropriate for the diagnosis of this condition.