Cat-Scratch Disease

A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes caused by AFIPIA felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by BARTONELLA HENSELAE. It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratch being the primary symptom.

Also Known As:

Bartonella henselae Infection; Cat Scratch Fever; Catscratch Disease; Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis; Bartonella henselae Infections; Cat Scratch Diseases; Cat Scratch Fevers; Cat-Scratch Diseases; Catscratch Diseases; Fever, Cat Scratch; Infection, Bartonella henselae; Infections, Bartonella henselae; Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses; Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses; Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation; Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative; Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation; Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative; Scratch Disease, Cat; Scratch Diseases, Cat; Scratch Fever, Cat; Cat Scratch Disease; Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis

Infections: 526564
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses: 1
  - Bacterial Infections: 24368
    - Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections: 918
      - Bartonellaceae Infections
        Bartonella Infections: 165
        Cat-Scratch Disease: 309
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases: 6
- Lymphatic Diseases: 92
  - Lymphadenitis: 1248
    - Cat-Scratch Disease: 309

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