what to choose ? - norwalk

[ArchivalUser]

when cat bite history present and then mild fever, LNpathy, rash at bite site........what to choose between .....
1. B. hensle
2. Pasteurella multocida

can anybody pl explain in detail about the differece in lesion caused by each bug.

thank you.

[ArchivalUser]

what i think so far is........when its cat bite.....pasturella multocida
and when its cat scratch ........B. hensle ????

[ArchivalUser]

pasterialla.intensly inflame ,prulent dischagre ,swelling....WITHIN 24 hrs....tx=amoxicillin calvunate=5 days.


bartonella. papulo vesicular reash,TENDER PROX LYPHADENOPATHY.....3-10 days ..
azithro/clarithro=10 days

[ArchivalUser]

thanks

-rash-scratch papulovesicular--bartonella

bite -ulcer and discharge--pasteurella

lymphadenopathy can be in both but i have seen it being mentioned more in the context of cat scratch