Cat-Scratch Disease

Abstract

CAT-SCRATCH FEVER has become a newly recognized clinical entity, separable from other regional adenopathies by means of a specific skin test. This entity has also been termed nonbacterial regional lymphadenitis 1 and, more recently, benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis. 2 It was first reported in this country by Greer and Keefer 3 and since then, many hundreds of cases have been recorded (references 4-6 among others). These reports have outlined well the usual clinical course and some have even associated chronic lymphadenitis with cat-scratch syndrome. 1,5,7 Rarely a lymph node may remain enlarged for one to two years. 4,5 The case presented below is that of a recurrence over two years after the initial lesion. Report of a Case BD, a 13-year-old white female, presented herself on Dec 5, 1961, with the chief complaint of a tender swelling in the right femoral triangle, of one month's duration. She was accompanied by her