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Descriptor English: Cat-Scratch Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad por Rasguño de Gato
Descriptor enfermedad por arañazo de gato
Entry term(s) infección por Bartonella henselae
linforreticulosis benigna por inoculación
linforreticulosis por inoculación
Scope note: Infección bacteriana autolimitada de los ganglios linfáticos regionales causada por AFIPIA felis, bacteria gramnegativa identificada recientemente por los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades, y por BARTONELLA HENSELAE. Suele manifestarse una o dos semanas después de un arañazo de felino, siendo el síntoma principal la presencia de ganglios inflamatorios en la zona del arañazo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença da Arranhadura de Gato
Descriptor French: Maladie des griffes du chat
Entry term(s): Bartonella henselae Infection
Bartonella henselae Infections
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat Scratch Diseases
Cat Scratch Fever
Cat Scratch Fevers
Cat-Scratch Diseases
Catscratch Disease
Catscratch Diseases
Fever, Cat Scratch
Infection, Bartonella henselae
Infections, Bartonella henselae
Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses
Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis
Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses
Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis
Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation
Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative
Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation
Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative
Scratch Disease, Cat
Scratch Diseases, Cat
Scratch Fever, Cat
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.126.100.150
C15.604.315.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002372
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coord IM with AFIPIA (IM) or BARTONELLA HENSELAE (IM) if appropriate
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: CAT SCRATCH DIS
DeCS ID: 2417
Unique ID: D002372
NLM Classification: WC 640
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/16
Cat-Scratch Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0003611
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Cat-Scratch Disease
Entry term(s) Bartonella henselae Infection
Bartonella henselae Infections
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat Scratch Diseases
Cat Scratch Fever
Cat Scratch Fevers
Cat-Scratch Diseases
Catscratch Disease
Catscratch Diseases
Fever, Cat Scratch
Infection, Bartonella henselae
Infections, Bartonella henselae
Inoculation Lymphoreticuloses
Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis
Inoculative Lymphoreticuloses
Inoculative Lymphoreticulosis
Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculation
Lymphoreticuloses, Inoculative
Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculation
Lymphoreticulosis, Inoculative
Scratch Disease, Cat
Scratch Diseases, Cat
Scratch Fever, Cat



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