cat-scratch disease , CSD (Abkürzung)

Most cases are caused by cat-scratch disease, although it is an unusual feature of this condition.

In the general population, B. henselae typically is associated with cat-scratch disease.

Epidemiology of cat-scratch disease hospitalizations among children in the United States.

Many cat bites will become infected, sometimes with serious consequences such as cat-scratch disease, or, more rarely, rabies.

Although cat-scratch disease usually subsides without treatment, antibiotic and/or antimicrobial therapy may speed recovery.

Article: Macular findings on optical coherence tomography in cat-scratch disease neuroretinitis.

Treatment of cat-scratch disease.

It also contains animal-associated bacteria such as Afipia felis, formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease.

Cat-scratch disease.

It is used to find the organisms that cause cat-scratch disease and syphilis and sensitive for mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Bartonella, including cat-scratch disease.

Prospective randomized double blind placebo-controlled evaluation of azithromycin for treatment of cat-scratch disease.

The cats also pose certain risks to people in the form of rabies and cat-scratch disease, Mr. Lyons said.

It is also the causative agent of cat-scratch disease (Bartonellosis) which, as the name suggests, occurs after a cat bite or scratch.

Bartonella species (cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, bacillary peliosis).

Reactive: acute infection (e.g., bacterial, or viral), or chronic infections (tuberculous lymphadenitis, cat-scratch disease).

Management of typical cat-scratch disease in immunocompetent patients is mainly supportive because the disease usually is self-limited and resolves spontaneously in 2--4 months.

Regnery R, Tappero J. Unraveling mysteries associated with cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and related syndromes.

This agent was considered the etiologic agent of Cat-scratch Disease (CSD) but further studies failed to support this conclusion.

Bartonella cause diseases such as Carrión's disease, trench fever, cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, chronic bacteremia, endocarditis, chronic lymphadenopathy, and neurological disorders.

He is also credited with the characterization of a neural pathway known as the Guillain-Mollaret triangle or Myoclonic triangle, and the discovery of the causative agent of cat-scratch disease.

Regnery RL, Olson JG, Perkins BA, Bibb W. Serological response to "Rochalimaea henselae" antigen in suspected cat-scratch disease.

More than 90% of patients with cat-scratch disease have a history of recent contact with cats, often kittens (109), and a cat scratch or bite (112) has been implicated as the principal mode of cat-to-human transmission.

Bartonella are the bacteria associated with cat-scratch disease, but a study in 2010 concluded, "Clinicians should be aware that . . . a history of an animal scratch or bite is not necessary for disease transmission."

For example, granulomas with numerous eosinophils may be a clue to coccidioidomycosis or allergic bronchopulmonary fungal disease, and granulomas with numerous neutrophils suggest blastomycosis, Wegener's granulomatosis, aspiration pneumonia or cat-scratch disease.