Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Atypical Manifestations of Cat-Scratch Disease, United States, 2005–2014
Table 2
Demographic characteristics for patients by manifestation of atypical cat-scratch disease, United States, 2005–2014
| Characteristic | No. (%) | Sex, no. (%) |
Age category, y, no. (%) |
Hospitalized, no. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | 0–14 | 15–49 | 50–64 | ||||
| Atypical disease | 224* | 94 (42.0) | 130 (58.0) | 81 (36.2) | 106 (47.3) | 37 (16.5) | 56 (25.0) | |
| Ocular disease | 109 (48.7) | 46 (48.9) | 63 (48.5) | 33 (40.7) | 60 (56.6) | 16 (43.2) | 10 (17.9) | |
| Retinitis/neuroretinitis | 90 (40.2) | 36 (38.3) | 54 (41.5) | 23 (28.4) | 53 (50.0) | 14 (37.8) | 8 (14.3) | |
| Conjunctivitis | 19 (8.5) | 10 (10.6) | 9 (6.9) | 10 (12.3) | 7 (6.6) | 2(5.4) | 2 (3.6) | |
| Hepatosplenic disease | 55 (24.6) | 24 (25.5) | 31 (23.8) | 25 (30.9) | 21 (19.8) | 9 (24.3) | 24 (42.9) | |
| Neurologic disease | 31 (13.8) | 13 (13.8) | 18 (13.8) | 12 (14.8) | 13 (12.3) | 6 (16.2) | 13 (23.2) | |
| Encephalitis | 20 (8.9) | 12 (12.8) | 8 (6.2) | 12 (14.8) | 8 (7.5) | 0 (0) | 13 (23.2) | |
| Neuritis | 11 (4.9) | 1 (1.1) | 10 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.7) | 6 (16.2) | 0 (0) | |
| Osteomyelitis | 14 (6.3) | 6 (6.4) | 8 (6.2) | 9 (11.1) | 4 (3.8) | 1 (2.7) | 7 (12.5) | |
| Erythema nodosum | 11 (4.9) | 2 (2.1) | 9 (6.9) | 4 (4.9) | 5 (4.7) | 2 (5.4) | 4 (7.1) | |
| Endocarditis | 8 (3.6) | 4 (4.3) | 4 (3.1) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (3.8) | 3 (8.1) | 2 (3.6) | |
*A total of 228 manifestations of atypical cat-scratch disease were seen among 224 patients. Three patients had >1 manifestation; 1 patient had osteomyelitis and hepatosplenic disease;1 patient had endocarditis and hepatosplenic disease; and 1 patient had osteomyelitis, encephalitis, and hepatosplenic disease.
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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