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I tell my story of how my doctors suspected mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) by my symptoms, the types of testing used to support my diagnosis, diagnostic criteria, CD 117 staining, and more!
Resources mentioned:
*8 part blog post on CD 117 staining: [ Ссылка ]
*Weinstock, L. B., Pace, L. A., Rezaie, A., Afrin, L. B., & Molderings, G. J. (2020). Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Primer for the Gastroenterologist. Dig Dis Sci.
*Afrin, L. B., Ackerley, M. B., Bluestein, L. S., Brewer, J. H., Brook, J. B., Buchanan, A. D., ... & Dubravec, M. S. (2020). Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global “consensus-2”. Diagnosis, 1(ahead-of-print).[ Ссылка ]
*Valent, P., Akin, C., Bonadonna, P., Hartmann, K., Brockow, K., Niedoszytko, M., ... & Butterfield, J. H. (2019). Proposed diagnostic algorithm for patients with suspected mast cell activation syndrome. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 7(4), 1125-1133.[ Ссылка ]30056-X/fulltext#tbl1
More mast cell resources:
Never Bet Against Occam by Lawrence Afrin: [ Ссылка ]
Afrin, L. B., Butterfield, J. H., Raithel, M., & Molderings, G. J. (2016). Often seen, rarely recognized: mast cell activation disease–a guide to diagnosis and therapeutic options. Annals of medicine, 48(3), 190-201.
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High quality journal articles on bartonellosis:
1. Giladi, M., Maman, E., Paran, D., Bickels, J., Comaneshter, D., Avidor, B., ... & Wientroub, S. (2005). Cat‐scratch disease–associated arthropathy. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 52(11), 3611-3617.
2. Maman, E., Bickels, J., Ephros, M., Paran, D., Comaneshter, D., Metzkor-Cotter, E., ... & Giladi, M. (2007). Musculoskeletal manifestations of cat scratch disease. Clinical infectious diseases, 45(12), 1535-1540.
3. Maggi, R. G., Mozayeni, B. R., Pultorak, E. L., Hegarty, B. C., Bradley, J. M., Correa, M., & Breitschwerdt, E. B. (2012). Bartonella spp. bacteremia and rheumatic symptoms in patients from Lyme disease–endemic region. Emerging infectious diseases, 18(5), 783.
4. Breitschwerdt, E. B., Maggi, R. G., Mozayeni, B. R., Hegarty, B. C., Bradley, J. M., & Mascarelli, P. E. (2010). PCR amplification of Bartonella koehlerae from human blood and enrichment blood cultures. Parasites & vectors, 3(1), 76.
5. Mozayeni, B. R., Maggi, R. G., Bradley, J. M., & Breitschwerdt, E. B. (2018). Rheumatological presentation of Bartonella koehlerae and Bartonella henselae bacteremias: A case report. Medicine, 97(17).
6. Breitschwerdt, E. B., Maggi, R. G., Nicholson, W. L., Cherry, N. A., & Woods, C. W. (2008). Bartonella sp. bacteremia in patients with neurological and neurocognitive dysfunction. Journal of clinical microbiology, 46(9), 2856-2861.
7. Breitschwerdt, E. B., Sontakke, S., & Hopkins, S. (2012). Neurological manifestations of bartonellosis in immunocompetent patients: a composite of reports from 2005-2012. J Neuroparasitol, 3(235640), 15.
8. Breitschwerdt, E. B., Mascarelli, P. E., Schweickert, L. A., Maggi, R. G., Hegarty, B. C., Bradley, J. M., & Woods, C. W. (2011). Hallucinations, sensory neuropathy, and peripheral visual deficits in a young woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae. Journal of clinical microbiology, 49(9), 3415-3417.
Podcast with Dr. Bob Mozayeni and Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt:
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Best diagnostic testing:
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