This new case report describes a teenage boy diagnosed with an acute-onset schizophrenia-like psychotic illness (aka PANS, Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome), who was found to have an infection with Bartonella henselae (by PCR and serology). He had failed numerous treatments regimes over almost 2 years, and finally was treated for bartonellosis with appropriate targeted antibiotics – and he got better!
The case has gotten some press, from the NCSU CVM homepage to gizmodo and lots of places in between (even a podcast!).
The case report was published in the Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, and can be found open access linked here.
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