Table 5. Diagnosis of CSD by means of established criteria.
Diagnosis | Total No. of patients | No. of patients positive for the following criteria/total No. of patients tested (%) | |||
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Lymphadenopathy with/without fever | History of contact with animals | Presence of B. henselae antibodies | B. henselae real-time PCR positivity | ||
Definite CSD | 53 | 51/53 | 22/53 | 21/53 (39.62%) | 43/53 (81.13%) |
Other causes of lymphadenopathy | 62 | 62/62 | 10/62 | 7/62 | 0/62 |