Chapter 23, Problem 8SA

Summary Introduction

To review:

The causative agent responsible for causing cat scratch disease and the reason that it is a threat to the patients with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

Introduction:

Cat scratch disease is usually a benign kind of infectious disease, which is commonly found in the kids after the scratch or a bite from the cat. The infection grows within 2 to 14 days and it is characterized as a bacterial infection, which affects the lymph nodes that are needed to drain the sites of inoculation.