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What sort of disease is cat scratch disease?
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Cat scratch/bite ds: See the excellent information provided by the following website: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002581/ the info is straight-forward and generally in laymen's terms; so it is easily understandable. Bacterial infection from cat scratch/bite or saliva in wound or eye. Generally not serious.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Infectious: It is an infection caused by a bacterium called bartonella henselae.
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