Cat scratch fever or cat scratch disease is an infection caused by the bacteriaBartonella henselae.You usually get this disease when an infected cat licks an open wound on your skin or bites or scratches you. Kids and teens are more likely to be infected than healthy adults, but adults with...
Cat scratch disease is caused by a gram-negative bacillus calledBartonella henselae. It was originally described as a cause of Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome in the late 1880s. However, intraocular involvement was described in 1970. Systemic symptoms include fever, lymphadenopathy, headache, and...
Preventing cat scratch disease Firstly, try not to get scratched in the first place! If you’re playing with your pet, either wear long sleeves or try not to get them too wound up. If they do scratch, clean the area with some good antibacterial wash and keep it clean and away from th...
In general, compliance with therapy for amblyopia was poor with 48.3 per cent non-compliant with their prescribed treatment regimen. Despite this, visual outcomes were good with an average final visual acuity in the amblyopic eye of 0.294 +/- 0.231 logMAR (Snellen 6/12). Conclusions: The ...
henselae. Most cases of cat-scratch disease are self-limited and do not require antibiotic treatment. If an antibiotic is chosen, however, azithromycin has been shown to speed recovery. 展开 关键词: cat scratch disease Bartonella henselae child lymphadenopathy ...
Cat-scratch disease typically presents with various ocular manifestations such as uveitis, vitritis, retinitis, retinochoroiditis, and optic neuritis. However, fundus nodular lesions was rarely reported. In our study, we reported a case of Cat-Scratch disease with binocular fundus nodular lesions. Ca...
A 40-year-old woman with Cat-scratch disease sought treatment for neuroretinitis OD and right peripheral facial nerve palsy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of an adult with a peripheral facial nerve palsy from Cat-scratch disease and the first case of a patient with both neuroreti...
eyeem save this story save this story heads up, cat lovers : your furry friends may carry a bacteria that can make humans pretty sick. that’s the message from a new report issued by the centers for disease control and prevention . in the report, the cdc breaks down cat-scratch disease...
"The main symptom is a swollen lymph node near to where the bacteria entered the skin -- that's the hallmark of cat-scratch disease," she said. Treatment is a course of antibiotics to kill the bacteria, Nelson said. Some people can have severe complications, Nelson said. The bacteria can...
Cat scratch disease is caused by a gram-negative bacillus called Bartonella henselae. It was originally described as a cause of Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome in the late 1880s. However, intraocular involvement was described in