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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-4 | Issue-08
A Rare Case of Cat Scratch Disease
Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Dipankar Mondal, Sreekanth R Shenoy, Swarupa panda, Jnanindra nath Behera, Mrutyunjay Routray
Published: Aug. 30, 2016 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i08.018
Pages: 623-625
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Abstract
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a sub acute regional lymphadenitis caused by Bartonella henselae. CSD is more common among children and boys are affected often than girls. A 11 year male child presented with swelling of left side of neck for 2 months ,tenderness of the same area for 1 ½ months and low grade fever for 2 months, with the history and physical examination of the patient our differential diagnosis was tuberculosis, lymphoma and CSD. He had only a history of contact with cat but no history of bite. Lymph node biopsy revealed it was a case of CSD .The child’s signs and symptoms improved with Azithromycin. The rarity of the condition prompted us to document the problems faced in establishing a diagnosis of CSD in a young boy who presented with cervical lymphadenopathy.