"A person can get cat scratch fever if they are scratched or bitten by an infected cat. The B. henselae bacteria live in a cat's saliva, and can also be passed to a person through an open area of skin.

According to the CDC, an estimated 40 percent of cats carry the B. henselae infection at some point in their lives. Most of the time, cats that carry the infection don't show signs of illness."

Dr. Hehn's Take

As an animal lover and veterinarian, I would find it hard not to break in and save an animal in I remember when my grandfather got Cat Scratch Fever. We had barn cats that he fed. They were essentially feral cats, but he would sometimes pet them. He actually did get scratched by one of them and developed the classic symptoms. He had a wound, then developed large lymph nodes in the axial area. Luckily, they finally diagnosed him and he was treated with antibiotics. Being in the veterinary field, all of us have been scratched. Even though we don't see this disease commonly, it is important to know about!

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