Cat-Scratch Disease |
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| Catscratch Disease; Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis; Cat Scratch Disease; Disease, Cat-Scratch; Disease, Catscratch; Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses; Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses; Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation; Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative | |
| 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. | |