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A previously healthy 7-year-old boy is ...
Bartonella henselae ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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Bartonella henslae is transmitted by cat bite/scratch and can lead to cat scratch disease which presents with a red bump on the skin, fatigue, discomfort, and swollen lymph nodes draining the injury. (FA2020 p149)

Of the answers, toxoplasma gondii can also be spread by cats (cat feces), but in otherwise healthy people it causes a mono-like illness and would not have skin manifestations.

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