definition
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.
UMLS
Benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, Benign lymphoreticulosis, Cat Scratch Disease, Cat scratch fever, Catscratch Disease, Cat-Scratch Disease, CAT-SCRATCH FEVER, CSD - Cat scratch disease, Disease, Catscratch, Disease, cat-scratch, FEVER, CAT-SCRATCH, Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis, LYMPHADENITIS, REGIONAL, NONBACTERIAL, Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation, Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative, Lymphoreticulosis, benign, Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation, LYMPHORETICULOSIS, INOCULATION, BENIGN, Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative