CAT Scratch Disease: Prevention & Expectations

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CAT Scratch Disease

CAT Scratch Disease | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the long-term effects of the infection?

Most healthy people recover without long-term effects. People with impaired immune systems can have permanent organ damage or can die as a result of cat-scratch fever.

What are the risks to others?

Cat-scratch disease is not passed from person to person.

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Author: Danielle Zerr, MD
Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
Date Reviewed: 09/24/01

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