title: [Cat-scratch disease].
abstract: Cat-scratch disease is usually a self-limited illness characterized by regional lymphadenopathy and a skin inoculation lesion. These findings generally resolve spontaneously over a period of several weeks or months. The discovery of the causative organism, an intracellular gram-negative rod and the recognition of severe systemic courses in immuno-compromised patients have renewed the interest in this disease. We report a prolonged clinical course with lymph node suppuration in an immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of the organism in Warthin-Starry silver stained lymph node biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassalli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Russi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Katzenkratzkrankheit.