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Cat scratch disease: What to do with the cat? [PDF]

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2022
Purpose: Cat scratch disease (CSD) frequently has ophthalmologic manifestations. The ophthalmologist's approach to treating neuroretinitis is familiar, but few eye care providers are comfortable answering the next question of “what do I do with my cat ...
Okrent Smolar AL, Breitschwerdt EB, Phillips PH, Newman NJ, Biousse V.   +4 more
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Systemic Cat Scratch Disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006
Systemic cat scratch disease (CSD) is often associated with prolonged fever and microabscesses in the liver and/or spleen. We report a case of systemic CSD with hepatic, splenic and renal involvement in an aboriginal child in Taiwan. A previously healthy 9-year-old girl had an intermittent fever for about 17 days, and complained of abdominal pain ...
Hui-Min Liao, Fu-Yuan Huang, Hsin Chi, Nieu-Lu Wang, Be-Fong Chen   +4 more
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Cat Scratch Disease - The Inconspicuous Cause of Cervical Lymphadenopathy.

J Pharm Bioallied Sci
Bacterial cat scratch disease (CSD), also called cat scratch fever or subacute regional lymphadenitis, affects lymph nodes draining from the implantation site.
Panicker P, Kumar PM, Francis F, George AL.   +3 more
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Uncovering the truth about cat-scratch disease. [PDF]

Open Vet J
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a systemic infection caused by the facultative, rod-shaped, non-motile, Gram-negative, intracellular zoonotic bacillus Bartonella henselae. The bacteria that cause CSD were not discovered until decades after the condition was
Puspitasari Y, Khairullah AR, Raharjo HM, Fauziah I, Tyasningsih W, Kurniasih DAA, Kusala MKJ, Moses IB, Wardhani BWK, Fauzia KA, Riwu KHP, Ahmad RZ, Yanestria SM, Wibowo S, Ansori ANM, Ma'ruf IF.   +15 more
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Cat scratch disease: Pediatric case series for varying presentations of Bartonella henselae. [PDF]

IDCases, 2023
Cat scratch disease (CSD) typically presents as regional lymphadenopathy, following inoculation via scratch, bite, or lick to an open wound by a young cat. Annual prevalence is 22,000 cases in the United States.
Lin S, Saccoccio FM.
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Cat-scratch disease manifesting as uveitis and binocular fundus nodular lesions: a case report. [PDF]

BMC Ophthalmol, 2023
Background Cat-scratch disease typically presents with various ocular manifestations such as uveitis, vitritis, retinitis, retinochoroiditis, and optic neuritis. However, fundus nodular lesions was rarely reported. In our study, we reported a case of Cat-
Hong H, Li T, Ying Y, An Q, Liu H, Liang K.   +5 more
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Cat-scratch disease mimicking soft tissue sarcoma in a pediatric patient. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep
Cat scratch disease, first described in France in the 1930s, is a benign infectious disease with often atypical presentation. Its clinical symptoms and radiologic features can overlap with those of a sarcoma.
Castro D, Stoppiello P, Casales N, Belzarena AC, Silveri C.   +4 more
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The Clinical Profile of Cat-Scratch Disease’s Neuro-Ophthalmological Effects

Brain Sciences, 2022
Cat-scratch disease is an illness caused by Bartonella henselae that occurs as a result of contact with an infected kitten or dog, such as a bite or scratch.
Sanda Jurja, Alina Zorina Stroe, Mihaela Butcaru Pundiche, Silviu Docu Axelerad, Garofita Mateescu, Alexandru Octavian Micu, Raducu Popescu, Antoanela Oltean, Any Docu Axelerad   +8 more
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Opsoclonus Associated With Cat Scratch Disease

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
A 49-year-old woman presented with fever, malaise, and enlarged left axillary lymph nodes after a cat bit her left hand, leading to the diagnosis of cat scratch disease.
Daiki Sunada, Yuya Yoshimura, Tatsuya Nodagashira   +2 more
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Atypical Manifestations of Cat-Scratch Disease, United States, 2005–2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Atypical manifestations that can be severe and difficult to diagnosis develop in 5%–20% of patients with cat-scratch disease. To clarify the epidemiology of atypical cat-scratch disease in the United States, we analyzed data from the 2005–2014 MarketScan
Courtney C. Nawrocki, Ryan J. Max, Natalie S. Marzec, Christina A. Nelson   +3 more
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