cat scratch disease
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Related to cat scratch disease: Bartonella henselae
cat scratch disease
[′kat ¦skrach di‚zēz] (medicine)
A benign systematic illness in humans characterized by malaise, fever, and a granulomatous lymphadenitis; the causative organism has not been identified. Also known as benign lymphoreticulosis.
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