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Cat Scratch Disease, Ocular Manifestations

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Cat scratch fever

Definition

Flulike illness associated with regional adenopathy and in some cases followed by neuroretinitis or Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome (POGS). It is usually caused by Bartonella henselae which is transmitted by cats.

Background

Bartonella henselae, gram-negative rod, is the principal etiologic agent of cat scratch disease (CSD) and is associated with an expanding spectrum of ocular manifestations. B. henselae is 1 of 21 Bartonella species. Of these 21, 8 species have been found to cause human diseases, 4 of which (B. henselae, B. quintana, B. grahamii, and B. elizabethae) have been linked to ocular complications. CSD is a feline-associated zoonotic disease, and cats are the primary mammalian reservoir of B. henselae.

Cat-to-cat transmission of B. henselaeis mediated by the cat flea, but the role of fleas in transmission of infection to humans is unknown. CSD is transmitted to humans by the scratches, licks, and bites of domestic cats,...

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  • Arévalo JF (2013) Retinal and choroidal manifestations of selected systemic diseases

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  • Ramana S, Moorthy MD (2014) 2014–2015 Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC): section 9: intraocular inflammation and uvetis. American Academy of Ophthalmology

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Oculoplastic and Orbital Institute, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Gilad Rabina

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center & Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 46 Herbert Samuel, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Michaella Goldstein

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Rabina, G., Goldstein, M. (2015). Cat Scratch Disease, Ocular Manifestations. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_1016-1

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