Cat Scratch Disease: The Mystery Finally Solved?

Editorials1 February 1984Cat Scratch Disease: The Mystery Finally Solved?RICHARD W. EMMONS, M.D., PH.D.RICHARD W. EMMONS, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-100-2-303 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe recognition of "new" diseases and of "new" pathogenic microorganisms, although less frequent now than during the first half of this century, continues to occur often enough to sustain the zest, efforts, and hopes of each generation of disease detectives and microbe fighters. Legionnaire's disease and the complex ofLegionellabacteria, Lyme arthritis and its causative spirochete, Hantaan virus as the cause of Korean hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, Ebola virus disease, Marburg disease, and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are some of the more dramatic recent examples that come to mind. The report by Wear and associates (1) of a bacterium...References1. WEARMARGILETHHADFIELDFISCHERSCHLAGELKING DATGCF. Cat scratch disease: a bacterial infection. Science. 1983;221:1403-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CARITHERS H. Cat-scratch disease: notes on its history. Am J Dis Child. 1970;119:200-3. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WARWICK W. The cat-scratch syndrome, many diseases or one disease? Progr Med Virol. 1967,9:256-301. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. MARGILETH A. Cat scratch disease: nonbacterial regional lymphadenitis. Pediatrics. 1968;42:803-18. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. EMMONSRIGGSSCHACHTER RJJ. Continuing search for the etiology of cat scratch disease. J Clin Microbiol. 1976;4:112-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: California Department of Health Services Berkeley, California PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEvaluation of an in-house cat scratch disease IgM ELISA to detect Bartonella henselae in a routine laboratory settingUnraveling Mysteries Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Related SyndromesUltrastructure of Warthin-Starry Stain-Positive Bacteria in Abscess-Forming Reticular LymphadenitisCat–scratch Disease: A Review of the LiteratureCat scratch diseaseCat scratch disease: Evidence for a bacterial etiologyUse of silver staining (Dieterle's stain) in the diagnosis of cat scratch diseaseThe cat scratch disease agent: Past and present candidatesAn unusual submandibular mass-cat scratch disease: report of caseCat Scratch Fever and Cocco-Bacillary BacteriaCHARLES L. BLUMSTEIN, M.D. 1 February 1984Volume 100, Issue 2Page: 303-304KeywordsAIDSBacteriaBorrelia burgdorferiEbola virusFeversHemorrhagic feversLegionellaLyme diseasePathogensSpirochetes Issue Published: 1 February 1984 PDF downloadLoading ...