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[Cat scratch disease]

Y Raskin¹, L Zajdel, I E Priel

¹Dept of Internal Medicine E, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon.

|June 15, 1994

Summary

Cat scratch disease (CSD), a lymphadenopathy usually seen in young people, can present atypically in immunocompromised individuals. Diagnosis involves lymph node biopsy, with potential treatments including antibiotics for systemic symptoms.

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Microbiology
Immunology

Background:

Cat scratch disease (CSD) typically presents as benign, self-limiting lymphadenopathy in children and young adults.
Atypical CSD presentations are noted, particularly in immunocompromised hosts.
The causative agents, Afipia felis and Rochalimaea henselae, are Gram-negative bacilli found in infected lymph nodes.