Cat scratch disease: an infection beyond the lymph node.
Cat scratch disease is a cause of regional lymphadenitis that usually pursues a benign course. Most patients with cat scratch disease are children or adolescents. We report an adult patient with cat scratch disease complicated by osteomyelitis of the thoracic spine.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D015047:Zoonoses