What Is Cat Scratch Fever? Cat scratch fever or cat scratch disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae. You usually get this disease when an infected cat licks an open ...
Over 500 cases of cat-scratch disease have been reported in the English literature since Greer and Keefer 3 first described the entity in 1951. Of 463 cases described in detail,‡ 223 involved ...