title: Continuing search for the etiology of cat scratch disease.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral