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Question 1

describe the natural history of the scratch in cat scratch disease

Answer 1

papule along the line of the scratch, followed by lymphadenopathy 1-2 weeks later; involved lymph node is erythematous, warm, and tender; fever in one third of patients; parinaud oculoglandular syndrome, encephalitis, osteomyelitis, hepatitis, pneumonia, adn hepatic or splenic lesions