cat-scratch fever

British  

noun

1. a disease of humans caused by an organism, Bartonella henselae , usually resulting from a scratch by a cat and characterized by lymph node enlargement

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Example Sentences

Could this be cat-scratch fever or toxoplasmosis?

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“I’m betting on cat-scratch fever,” he announced enthusiastically once she finished her presentation.

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The scratches, the fever, the hugely swollen lymph node: This felt to him like cat-scratch fever.

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Finally, they got their answer: He had cat-scratch fever, an infection caused by a bacterium called Bartonella henselae.

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It could also be the result of an infection: Lyme disease could do this; so could cat-scratch fever, an infection caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae; even syphilis, often called the great imitator because of its ability to manifest in so many ways, could cause this kind of injury.

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