Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Cat scratch disease – USA: (OH) visual loss
PRO/AH/EDR> Cat scratch disease – USA: (OH) visual loss
Cat Scratch Fever -- Worldwide/UnknownOne Ohio woman lost her vision in one eye after her pet cat licked it -- a reminder about the infectious disease risk of cat licks and bites caused by the agent of cat scratch disease (CSD) -- _Bartonella henselae_.Toledo News Now reports that [the patient] said she woke up one morning and couldn't see out her left eye. After a month of examination and investigation, physicians determined [the patient's] blindness was due to the Gram negative bacterium [_Bartonella Read more [...]
