Cat Scratch Disease
What is cat scratch disease?
Cat scratches and bites can cause cat scratch disease, a bacterial infection carried in cat saliva.
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What is Cat Scratch Disease?
Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) is an uncommon infection caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae.
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) is an infection caused by Bartonella henselae bacteria. In healthy people, it most often causes a swollen lymph node and mild illness.
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat scratches and bites can cause cat scratch disease, a bacterial infection carried in cat saliva. The bacteria are passed from a cat to a human after the cat licks its paws then scratches human skin.
Cat scratch disease
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Cat scratch disease is a disease caused by bartonella bacteria. It is believed to be transmitted by cat scratches and bites, or exposure to cat saliva.
Cat Scratch Disease
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Cat scratch disease (CSD) also known as Cat scratch fever, is a usually benign infectious disease caused by the intracellular bacterium Bartonella. It is most commonly found in children 1-2 weeks following a cat scratch or bite.
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Cat scratch disease is caused by Bartonella henselae. The disease is spread through contact with an infected cat (a bite or scratch), or contact with cat saliva on broken skin or the white of the eye.
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1. Cat scratch disease (CSD) is primarily found in children.
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Cat Scratch Disease (Bartonella henselae): A bacterial disease associated with cat scratches and bites.
Coxiella burnetti Infection (Q fever): A bacterial disease occasionally associated with cats.
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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.
Cat scratch disease is an infection transmitted to humans from cats by a scratch, a bite, or exposure to cat saliva. It is caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae, which is thought to be carried from animal to animal by fleas.
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Cat scratch disease from Bartonella infection often invades periparotid lymph nodes and may infect the parotid glands by contiguous spread.
The best prevention against cat scratch disease is to keep from getting scratched or bitten by a cat or a dog.
If you do get bitten or scratched, wash immediately with antiseptic soap and hot water.
Keep your pets free of fleas.
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Bartonellosis: Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch disease) Â- Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) Â- either henselae or quintana (Bacillary angiomatosis) Â- Bartonella bacilliformis (Carrion's disease, Verruga peruana)
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The disease is caused by a bacterium called Rochalimaea henselae, which was reclassified as Bartonella henselae, named for Diane Hensel, a microbiologist. Bacillary angiomatosis has also been called cat scratch disease, cat scratch fever, ...
A species of gram-negative bacteria that is the aetiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis (angiomatosis, bacillary). This organism can also be a cause of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent patients.
Cat scratches, for example, even from a kitten can carry "cat scratch disease," a bacterial infection. Other animals can transmit rabies and tetanus. Bites that break the skin are even more likely to become infected.
Whether the bite is from a family pet or an animal in the wild, scratches and bites may carry disease. Cat scratches, for example, even from a kitten, may carry "cat scratch disease," a bacterial infection.
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