The life of a seriously ill 8-year-old boy with an altered mental status and seizures was saved by an air medical crew. At the hospital, he was found to have encephalopathy (brain injury) caused by ‪#‎Bartonella‬henselae.

The life of a seriously ill 8-year-old boy with an altered mental status and seizures was saved by an air medical crew. At the hospital, he was found to have encephalopathy (brain injury) caused by ‪#‎Bartonella‬henselae.

An 8-year-old boy with altered mental status. - PubMed - NCBI

Air Med J. 2015 May-Jun;34(3):149-51. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2014.12.008.

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