Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cat scratch fever, also medically known as cat scratch disease (CSD), occurs when the organism Bartonella henselae gets into a ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: My cat scratched me while I was trimming his claws and the wound later became infected. Are cat scratches a special concern? Answer: A bite or scratch from a cat carries particular ...

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Doctors have long thought that cat-scratch disease is no big deal, but an analysis finds that more people are getting sicker from it. Small... Cat-scratch disease, as the name suggests, is spread by ...

Cat lovers beware: your furbaby’s playful nips and scratches may require more than just a bandaid. A recent study released by the CDC has found that cat-scratch disease, sometimes called cat-scratch ...