Table 1.

Main zoonosis associated with acute lymphadenitis in pediatric age.

Disease	Agent	Animal	Inoculation
Cat scratch disease	Bartonella henselae	Cat	Skin scratch
Toxoplasmosis	Toxoplasma gondii	Cat	Ingestion of material contaminated with cat stools
Tularemia	Francisella tularensis	Rodents and insects	Tick bite or skin/mucosa exposure to infected animal
Brucellosis	Brucella spp.	Sheep, goat, pigs, cattle	Ingestion of unpasteurized milk or contact with animal fluids
Histoplasmosis	Histoplasma capsulatum	Birds and bats	Inhalation
Trypanosomiasis	Trypanosoma brucei	Tsetse fly	Bite by tsetse fly