In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a family suffering from illnesses that ...

A second route of infection is through scratches and bites. Cat scratch disease, for instance, is a bacterial infection spread when a cat scratches or bites a person enough to break their skin.

These organisms cause infections in cats when inhaled, ingested, or passed into the skin through a wound or scratch ... coat ...

I hurried to a nearby hospital emergency room, where they said that, without treatment, the infection was potentially life-threatening and that I might need surgery. For a tiny cat bite?

"It won't train your cat to scratch on all couches or furniture ... Complications of this procedure can include infection, tissue necrosis, back pain, and regrowth of claws along with chronic ...