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Approximately 24,000 people are infected with cat scratch disease (CSD) every year. CSD is caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacteria most often transmitted to humans through a bite or scratch from an infected cat or kitten. Although CSD is often a benign and self-limiting condition, it can affect any major organ system in the
Plamen Chernopolsky+5 more
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Opsoclonus Associated With Cat Scratch Disease
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+2 more
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Difficulties in diagnosing cat scratch disease in children
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+3 more
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Atypical Manifestations of Cat-Scratch Disease, United States, 2005–2014
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+3 more
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Atypical form of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent patient [PDF]
Introduction. Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an acute infectious disease with benign course caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae. Clinically, it is usually manifested as regional lymphadenopathy and mild infective syndrome.
Kojić Miroslav+3 more
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Cat scratch disease developed on a 40-year-old wife was reported. Umbilicated papules closely resembling those in herpetic skin infection development on the areas which had been scratched by a cat a week ago. Obtained findings in the present case led us to a speculation that this disease was caused by herpes virus.
Takashi Miura+2 more
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HUMAN BARTONELLA INFECTION: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE [PDF]
Cat scratch disease has been reported in the literature for more than half a century as a syndrome of regional lymphadenopathy and fever. However, only a quarter of a century has passed since Bartonella henselae was identified as an etiological agent. As
Bistra Blagova, Nikolay Yanev
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Bartonella infections in fleas (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) and lack of Bartonellae in ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) from Hungary [PDF]
Fleas (95 Pulex irritans, 50 Ctenocephalides felis, 45 Ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 Ixodes ricinus, 231 Dermacentor reticulatus, 204 Haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on PCR, for Bartonella ...
Márialigeti, Károly+4 more
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Neurologic Complications of Cat-Scratch Disease
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
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 +3 more
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