cat scratch fever
Feline claw disease
Cat scratch fever is a bacterial infection transmitted through scratches or bites from cats, causing swollen lymph nodes and fever.
The formal medical term is cat scratch disease.
The phrase gained wider recognition as the title of a 1977 Ted Nugent rock song, where it serves as a metaphor for wild, aggressive energy or sexual excitement.
Disease from animals
- felineOf or like cats
- transmissionSending of information
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- papuleSmall raised skin lesion
pustule · lesion · swollen lymph nodes · malaise · fatigue · headache · antibiotics · azithromycin
- rockSolid earthen material
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- 1977Four-digit date
- riffRepeated musical phrase
anthem · arena rock · hard rock · hit single · album · Detroit · concert · headbanger
zoonotic
Disease from animals
- felineOf or like cats
- transmissionSending of information
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
papule · pustule · lesion · swollen lymph nodes · malaise · fatigue · headache · antibiotics · azithromycin · doxycycline
Ted Nugent
riff · anthem · arena rock · hard rock · hit single · album · Detroit · concert · headbanger · classic rock
- Rickettsial diseasestyphus
- feversparatyphoid
- animal diseasesrabies, distemper, tuberculosis, mange, anthrax
- Vector Diseasesmalaria, dengue, Zika, West Nile, Lyme disease
- Flea Diseasesbubonic plague
- Gram-Negative BacteriaE. coli, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Proteus, outer membrane
cat scratch feverrabies
Fatal bite-transmitted encephalitis
toxoplasmosis · leptospirosis · hantavirus · bird flu · swine flu
cat scratch feverdog bite
Wound from jaws
snake bite · rabies · waterborne disease · foodborne illness
cat scratch fevergood health
Absence of illness
perfect health · wellness · recovery · clean bill of health · full recovery
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