What are the symptoms of cat paw fever?

Cat scratch fever is cat scratch disease, an infectious disease that occurs when human skin is scratched or bitten by a cat. The causative agent of the disease is Hansenbaldia. The typical incubation period of the disease is 3-10 days and more than 50% of patients will develop a localised red macule on the wound, which will then form blisters and pustules, and the rash will heal as a scab after 1-3 weeks. Approximately 1-3 weeks after exposure, localised lymph nodes near the wound begin to swell with pain, most commonly in the axilla or neck, and localised lymph node swelling persists for 2-4 months. Systemic symptoms are mild, mainly manifesting as low-grade fever, malaise and nausea. Less than 10% of patients will have a temperature above 39°C, and also 1/3 of patients will have no fever.

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