The letter to the editor mentions the Giladi and Avidor article in the January 14 issue of this journal and the treatment of a Bartonella henselae infection or cat-scratch disease with oral ciprofloxacin.BohlmannBrian J.New England Journal of Medicine...
Most individuals with cat scratch disease are self-limited, meaning that they resolve on their on without specific treatment. That usually happens within a few weeks. Most cases do not require antibiotics or specific treatment. Lymph nodes may remain enlarged for a few months. If the lymph nodes...
Cat-scratch disease is an infection caused by Bartonella henselae, a fastidious gram-negative bacillus acquired from exposure to an infected kitten or cat. The most common manifestation of human disease is lymphadenitis. Atypical forms of infection include Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome, stellate neuro...
Controlled studies on treatment of cat scratch disease (CSD) are lacking. Thus, treatment recommendations are based on case reports, reviews, a single controlled trial, and anecdotal data.Practice guidelinesfor the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections, including CSD, have been...
Kids are more at risk for cat scratch fever than adults; a little over half of people who get it are younger than 18 years. In the U.S., you're more likely to get it in fall and winter because a little over half of cases happen in September through January. ...
The cause of cat scratch disease (CSD), first described in France in 1950 and in the United States in 1951, was unknown until 1983 when the bacterium in lymph nodes was detected using a Warthin-Starry silver stain. Afipia felis has been an infrequent cause of CSD since1988, when this gra...
My border collie, Mimosa, used to scratch throughout the night. It doesn’t take much imagination to feel the discomfort of our scratching pets. We want to help, and most of the time, that means a trip to the veterinarian. Scratching is symptomatic of a number of ills, all of which ...
Itch is an irritation in the skin that elicits an urge to scratch. In medical terminology, itching is known aspruritus. Itchiness is a problem that everyone experiences, and the symptom can be localized (limited to one area of the body) or generalized (occurring all over the body or in se...
If there is a long period of time between when a cat has experienced an event to which it had habituated and re-exposure to the same event, the animal may again react. For example, a cat sitting by a window might startle at the sound of traffic passing the house. Eventually, the cat...
Here, we report a case of late traumatic flap loss caused by a scratch from a cat's paw and successfully treated by PRK. A review of the literature indicates that this is the first case of late traumatic flap loss, for which the patient received a PRK re-treatment. With the increasing...