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