Diseases

Cat-Scratch Disease

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

23 entry terms
  • Bartonella henselae Infection
  • Cat Scratch Disease
  • Cat Scratch Fever
  • Catscratch Disease
  • Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis
  • Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis
  • Bartonella henselae Infections
  • Cat Scratch Diseases
  • Cat Scratch Fevers
  • Cat-Scratch Diseases
  • Catscratch Diseases
  • Fever, Cat Scratch
  • Infection, Bartonella henselae
  • Infections, Bartonella henselae
  • Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses
  • Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses
  • Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation
  • Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative
  • Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation
  • Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative
  • Scratch Disease, Cat
  • Scratch Diseases, Cat
  • Scratch Fever, Cat

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with AFIPIA (IM) or BARTONELLA HENSELAE (IM) if appropriate

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  1. C01w.150.252w.400w.126.100w.150w
  2. C15.604w.315.249w

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NLM Classification

WC 640

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cat-Scratch Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002372. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002372
  2. Cat-Scratch Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-scratch_disease
  3. Cat-Scratch Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639776