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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Catscratch disease (CSD) (also known as "Catscratch fever", "Inoculation lymphoreticulosis",and "Subacute regional lymphadenitis") is a usuallybenign infectious disease caused by theintracellular bacterium Bartonella. It is mostcommonly found in children following a scratch orbite from a cat by about one to two weeks. It wasfirst discovered in 1889 by Henri Parinaud. ... Read more

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Avoiding hard-to-understand medical jargon, the four-volume “Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health” uses language that parents can understand, while still providing enough depth to benefit today's health science students. The set provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, along with issues related to physical and cognitive/behavioral development.

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 483 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fever of unknown origin? Consider cat scratch disease.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Robert Finn
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35Issue: 17Page: 67(1)

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Consultthe second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depthmedical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics inlanguage accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a singlealphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or twoparagraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics.Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description;causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more.Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes;precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and muchmore. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, anda comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical andhistorical sidebars throughout the text.

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 5646 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lymph node biopsy specimens and diagnosis of cat-scratch disease.
Author: Jean-Marc Rolain
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 9Page: 1338(7)

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 377 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Derm diagnosis.(lymphadenitis caused by cat-scratch disease)
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32Issue: 17Page: 30(1)

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This digital document is an article from Medical Update, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on November 1, 1993. The length of the article is 518 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The cat's me-ow! (cat-scratch disease)
Publication: Medical Update (Newsletter)
Date: November 1, 1993
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v17Issue: n5Page: p2(1)

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Title: Consider cat-scratch disease in setting with fever, kittens.(Expert Commentary)
Author: Greg Muirhead
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37Issue: 17Page: 23(1)

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 485 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Consider cat scratch disease in unknown fever.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Robert Finn
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39Issue: 9Page: 13(1)

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 922 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Consider cat-scratch disease in unknown fever.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Greg Muirhead
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38Issue: 9Page: 26(1)

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on May 15, 2001. The length of the article is 579 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fever of Unknown Origin? Try Cat Scratch Disease.
Author: Jennifer M. Wang
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 15, 2001
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 31Issue: 10Page: 38

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This digital document is an article from Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 623 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cat-scratch disease lymphadenitis.(PATHOLOGY CLINIC)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Author: Gabriel Caponetti
Publication: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 86Issue: 8Page: 449(2)

Article Type: Disease/Disorder overview

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 737 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. ... Read more

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Title: Flea Elimination May Curb Cat Scratch Disease.(and its complications)
Author: Barbara Baker
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 15, 1999
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 29Issue: 16Page: 38

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Title: Fever plus abdominal pain may indicate CSD complication.(Infectious Diseases)(cat-scratch disease)(Clinical report)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41Issue: 9Page: 17(1)

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Title: Seizures may point to cat-scratch encephalopathy.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41Issue: 9Page: 16(1)

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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Emerging or recently classified pathogens are a great challenge in medicine. This text focuses on the clinically relevant aspects of infections caused by the bacterial genera Afipia and Bartonella, with particular attention paid to Bartonella henselae (B. henselae). B. henselae is a bacterial pathogen that has been observed in sections of clinical specimens from patients with cat-scratch disease using special staining methods. The book discusses human diseases caused by Bartonella species and in particular by B. henselae, covering aspects ranging from clinics in human and veterinary medicine, diagnostics, pathology, therapy and progress in research and molecular biological techniques. The epidemiologcial aspects of human and animal infections are also taken into consideration, especially the application of innovative molecular methods for the characterization of isolates for epidemiological purposes. ... Read more