"Cat-Scratch Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.126.100.150 C01.252.400.200 C15.604.315.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Cat-Scratch Disease- Cat-Scratch Disease
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Disease, Cat-Scratch
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Cat Scratch Fevers
- Fever, Cat Scratch
- Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis
- Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses
- Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative
- Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative
- Catscratch Disease
- Disease, Catscratch
- Bartonella henselae Infection
- Bartonella henselae Infections
- Infection, Bartonella henselae
- Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis
- Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses
- Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation
- Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cat-Scratch Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Seasonality of Bartonella henselae IgM and IgG Antibody Positivity Rates. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 12; 57(12).
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Man with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy. Emerg Med J. 2018 Aug; 35(8):522.
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Bartonella henselae infection in diverse clinical conditions in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Feb; 147(2):189-194.
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Fever, bone pain and erectile dysfunction. Where is the cat? BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Sep 12; 2017.
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Bartonella henselae is usually not viable in lymph nodes of patients with cat scratch disease. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Nov; 36(11):2207-2213.
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Disseminated cat-scratch disease presenting as nausea, diarrhea, and weight loss without fever in a heart transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2017 Jun; 19(3).
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Fever and Vision Loss in an Immunocompetent 20-Year-Old Male. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 01 15; 64(2):229.
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Prevalence of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella henselae in domestic cats from France and detection of the organisms in erythrocytes by immunofluorescence. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Mar; 11(2):423-5.
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Genotypic characteristics of two serotypes of Bartonella henselae. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jun; 40(6):2002-8.
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Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae infection and correlation with disease status in cats in Switzerland. J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Nov; 35(11):2883-5.