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Cat scratch disease without a history of cat exposure [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
A patient complaining of swelling and tenderness in her left axilla was diagnosed with cat scratch disease despite no apparent history of cat exposure. Zoonosis can occur even in the absence of cat exposure because cat flea Ctenocephalides felis is also ...
Kosuke Oka, Yume Takagi, Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otsuka   +3 more
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Diagnosis and interpretation of testing for cat scratch disease [PDF]

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2021
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infectious disease caused by Bartonella henselae that presents as regional lymphadenopathy which can appear within weeks after a cat scratch. There is no gold standard for diagnosis.
N. Khalfe, Doris Lin
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Acute hemiplegia associated with cat-scratch disease [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infectious illness caused by a Gram-negative rod named Bartonella henselae. Typical CSD is characterized by a small skin lesion at the site of a scratch or a bite, followed by regional lymphadenopathy, one to two weeks ...
J.L. Rocha, L.N. Pellegrino, L.V. Riella, L.T. Martins   +3 more
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Cat Scratch Disease – The Inconspicuous Cause of Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Bacterial cat scratch disease (CSD), also called cat scratch fever or subacute regional lymphadenitis, affects lymph nodes draining from the implantation site.
Prasanth Panicker, P. Manoj Kumar, Feby Francis, Ashford Lidiya George   +3 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
Hui-Min Liao, Fu-Yuan Huang, Hsin Chi, Nieu-Lu Wang, Be-Fong Chen   +4 more
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Uncovering the truth about cat-scratch disease [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal
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
Yulianna Puspitasari, Aswin Rafif Khairullah, Hartanto Mulyo Raharjo, Ima Fauziah, Wiwiek Tyasningsih, Dea Anita Ariani Kurniasih, Muhammad Khaliim Jati Kusala, Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses, Bantari Wisynu Kusuma Wardhani, Kartika Afrida Fauzia, Katty Hendriana Priscilia Riwu, Riza Zainuddin Ahmad, Sheila Marty Yanestria, Syahputra Wibowo, Arif Nur Muhammad Ansori, Ilma Fauziah Ma'ruf   +15 more
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Cat-scratch Disease with Parinaud's Oculoglandular Syndrome

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is one of the most common causes of infectious cervicofacial lymphadenopathies in children, adolescents, and young adults. With this case report, we highlight the wide spectrum of atypical manifestations of CSD in an elderly ...
Ana Sousa Menezes, Daniela Ribeiro, António Fontes Lima   +2 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.
Sallie Lin, Frances M. Saccoccio
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Cat Scratch Disease [PDF]

Ophthalmology, 2012
We report a case of cat scratch disease in a young boy who presented in the outpatient department of Enam Medical College Hospital, Savar, Dhaka with history of cat scratch and regional painful lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis was made on the basis of history, physical examination and common investigations including lymph node aspiration cytology DOI ...
Clare L. Fraser, Susan Sánchez, Nancy J. Newman, Valérie Biousse   +3 more
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Lesson of the week: Cat scratch disease

BMJ, 2002
Unilateral lymphadenopathy of the groin is commonly seen in general practice. We report on a patient with initial features suggestive of sarcoidosis, but who, after careful history taking and further investigation, had cat scratch disease. A 29 year old woman visited her general practitioner with a painless swelling in the right groin.
A. Williams
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