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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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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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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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Cat scratch disease: What to do with the cat?

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 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 ...
Avital Lily Okrent Smolar, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Paul H. Phillips, Nancy J. Newman, Valérie Biousse   +4 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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Difficulties in diagnosing cat scratch disease in children

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2023
Cat scratch disease (CSD), a zoonotic infection caused mainly by the bacterium Bartonella henselae (B.henselae), is widespread throughout the world. The main carriers of B.henselae are domestic cats that get infected by fleas.
O.V. Prokopiv, S.A. Lyshenyuk, V.S. Zhukovskyi, H.M. Karmazyn   +3 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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Serous labyrinthitis as a manifestation of cat scratch disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Cat scratch disease is an infectious disease transmitted by young cats, in which the principal causative factor is Bartonella henselae. The typical course of cat scratch disease is usually benign and self-limited and requires only supportive
Kantas Ilias, Katotomichelakis Michael, Vafiadis Marinos, Kaloutsa Zografia V, Papadakis Chariton E   +4 more
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Neurologic Complications of Cat-Scratch Disease

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1992
An 8 year-old girl hospitalized with cat-scratch disease and recurrent generalized tonic-clonic seizures is reported from the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
J Gordon Millichap
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Lymphoadenopathies caused by Bartonella henselae

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2023
Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat scratch disease, the main manifestation of which is lymphadenopathy, but it can manifest as bacillary angiomatosis, injury to internal organs, joints, eyes, heart, kidneys.
V.S. Zhukovskiy , O.V. Prokopiv , I.R. Trutyak, M.V. Pankiv   +3 more
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