Continuing search for the etiology of cat scratch disease.
Fifty cat scratch disease patients were tested for antibodies against candidate etiological agents, with inconclusive results. Future research should emphasize new viral isolation methods to discover the elusive agent.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000276:immunology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000276:immunology; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral