cat-scratch fever


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cat-scratch fever

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(Veterinary Science) 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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Arriving Fallon Clinic in Leominster, he first was given a shot to prevent cat-scratch fever, then a tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis shot, and an initial dose of oral antibiotics.
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