Cat-Scratch Disease
MESHD002372
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.
Synonyms
- Cat-Scratch Diseases
- Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis
- Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses
- Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation
- Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation
- Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis
- Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses
- Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative
- Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative
- Bartonella henselae Infection
- Bartonella henselae Infections
- Infection, Bartonella henselae
- Infections, Bartonella henselae
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Cat Scratch Fevers
- Fever, Cat Scratch
- Scratch Fever, Cat
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Cat Scratch Diseases
- Scratch Disease, Cat
- Scratch Diseases, Cat
- Catscratch Disease
- Catscratch Diseases
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