Cat scratch disease encephalitis: New insights into rate, clinical features, and long-term outcomes
CSD encephalitis/meningoencephalitis presents in two forms: acute and subacute. Prognosis is generally favorable, but recovery may take months and cognitive complaints often persist. Antibiotic and corticosteroid use warrants further investigation.
Authors
- Laliv Kadar
- Asaf Regev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5383-3223)
- A Atamna
- Tanya Gurevich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2092-9848)
- Talya Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-8725)
- Moshe Ephros
- Giora Gottesman
- Oren Zimhony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7320-6155)
- Avi Gadoth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-9349)
- Yael Paran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-5865)
- Michal Yakubovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-7310)
- Orna Aizenstein
- R Ben-Ami
- B. Chazan
- Eugene Katchman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7850-1003)
- Dana Yelin
- Michael Giladi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-8655)
- Mical Paul
- Dafna Yahav
- Orli Megged
- Regev Cohen
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Emek Medical Center (IL)
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (IL)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Kaplan Medical Center (IL)
- Rabin Medical Center (IL)
- Laniado Hospital (IL)
- Rambam Health Care Campus (IL)
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (IL)
- Meir Medical Center (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
- Israel Ministry of Health (IL)
- Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences (IL)
- Ariel University (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108395
- Primary Topic
- Bartonella species infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00