cat-scratch fever
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The scratches, the fever, the hugely swollen lymph node: This felt to him like cat-scratch fever.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Finally, they got their answer: He had cat-scratch fever, an infection caused by a bacterium called Bartonella henselae.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
She told them about the case of cat-scratch fever that she contracted in 2007, when she was working as an assistant and living in Bed-Stuy.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018
It took months before she was given a diagnosis of cat-scratch fever.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018
Neither Dr. Snyder nor anyone else has yet identified the actual cause of cat-scratch fever, but it is believed to be an unusually large virus�the only kind that can be effectively treated with antibiotics.
From Time Magazine Archive
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