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.
Also Known As:
Bartonella henselae Infection; Cat Scratch Fever; Catscratch Disease; 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; Cat Scratch Disease; Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis