Cat-scratch disease
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![High-magnification micrograph of CSD showing a granuloma (pale cells - right of center on image) and a microabscess with neutrophils (left of image), H&E stain](/Images/godic/202501/20/Cat_scratch_disease_-_very_high_mag1539.jpg")
Cat-scratch disease (CSD), also known as cat-scratch fever, Teeny's disease, inoculation lymphoreticulosis, and subacute regional lymphadenitis, is a common and usually benign infectious disease caused by a bacterium, either Bartonella henselae or Bartonella quintana. It is most commonly found in children following a scratch or bite from a cat within about one to two weeks.