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Cat Scratch Disease


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Alternate Names : Bartonellosis, Cat Scratch Fever, CSD

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Calling Your Health Care Provider

Call your health care provider if you have enlarged lymph nodes and a history of exposure to a cat.

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• Definition
• Cat Scratch Disease Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Cat Scratch Disease Symptoms & Signs
• Cat Scratch Disease Prevention
• Cat Scratch Disease Diagnosis & Tests
• Cat Scratch Disease Treatment
• Cat Scratch Disease Prognosis
• Cat Scratch Disease Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images

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Diseases & Conditions

• AIDS
• Lymph Follicular Hypertrophy
• Osteomyelitis
• Parinaud's Syndrome

Tests & Exams

• CSD Skin Test
• Lymph Node Biopsy

Other Topics

• Appetite - Decreased
• Chronic
• Conjunctiva
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Fistula
• Headache
• Malaise
• Neuroretinitis
• Papule
• Physical Examination
• Pustules
• Sore Throat
• Splenomegaly
• Swelling
• Swollen Glands
• Weight Loss - Unintentional

Review Date : 1/5/2002
Reviewed By : Camille Kotton, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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