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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Atypical Manifestations of Cat-Scratch Disease, United States, 2005–2014

Courtney C. NawrockiComments to Author , Ryan J. Max1, Natalie S. Marzec2, and Christina A. Nelson
Author affiliations: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (C.C. Nawrocki, R.J. Max); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (C.C. Nawrocki, R.J. Max, C.A. Nelson); University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA (N.S. Marzec)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with cat-scratch disease and risk factors for development of atypical cat-scratch disease, United States, 2005–2014

Characteristic Typical disease, no. (%), n = 14,600 Atypical disease, no. (%), n = 224 Risk ratio (95% CI)*
Sex
M 5,583 (38.2) 94 (42.0) 1.17 (0.90–1.52)
F
 9,017 (61.8)
 130 (58.0)
 Referent
Age, y
Child <14 4,678 (32.0) 81 (36.2) 1.20 (0.91–1.57)
Adult, 15–49 6,421 (44.0) 106 (47.3) Referent
Adult, 50–64
 3,501 (24.0)
 37 (16.5)
 0.63 (0.44–0.90)
Month of onset
Late summer and fall† 5,470 (37.5) 93 (41.5) 1.18 (0.90–1.56)
January 1,490 (10.2) 22 (9.8) 1.03 (0.65–1.64)
All other months‡
 7,640 (52.3)
 109 (48.7)
 Referent
Hospitalized
 487 (3.3)
 56 (25)
 8.77 (6.56–11.72)
Residence in southern state 7,732 (53.0) 129 (57.6) 1.20 (0.93–1.57)
Residence in rural area 3,235 (22.1) 51 (22.8) 1.06 (0.78–1.45)

*Outcome for risk ratio calculations was development of atypical cat-scratch disease.
†August, September, October, and November.
‡February, March, April, May, June, July, and December.

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1Current affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

2Current affiliation: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA.

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