Diagnosis and interpretation of testing for cat scratch disease.
Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)(2022)
Abstract
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infectious disease caused by that presents as regional lymphadenopathy which can appear within weeks after a cat scratch. There is no gold standard for diagnosis. Rather, clinicians rely on an amalgam of criteria to make a definitive diagnosis. We describe a case of a 44-year-old woman with six cats who presented with a painful left inguinal mass, had splenic lesions on imaging, and had positive serology but a negative polymerase chain reaction test for .
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Key words
Bartonella henselae,cat scratch disease,polymerase chain reaction
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