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. 2019 Feb 8;14(2):e0211945. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211945

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 (%)
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