cat-scratch fever

The scratches, the fever, the hugely swollen lymph node: This felt to him like cat-scratch fever.

Finally, they got their answer: He had cat-scratch fever, an infection caused by a bacterium called Bartonella henselae.

Could this be cat-scratch fever or toxoplasmosis?

“I’m betting on cat-scratch fever,” he announced enthusiastically once she finished her presentation.

It could also be the result of an infection: Lyme disease could do this; so could cat-scratch fever, an infection caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae; even syphilis, often called the great imitator because of its ability to manifest in so many ways, could cause this kind of injury.