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*Treatment: antibiotics.
*Treatment: antibiotics.


==Clinical==
===Clinical===
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP113>{{Ref ILNP|113}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP113>{{Ref ILNP|113}}</ref>
*Usually unilateral.
*Usually unilateral lymphadenopathy.
**May be disseminated in individuals with immune dysfunction.
**May be disseminated in individuals with immune dysfunction.
*Contact with cats.
*Contact with cats.
==Gross==
*Lymphadenopathy - usu. unlitateral.
**Typically axillary or cervical (like [[tularemia]]).<ref name=pmid22706525>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Asano | first1 = S. | title = Granulomatous lymphadenitis. | journal = J Clin Exp Hematop | volume = 52 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-16 | month =  | year = 2012 | doi =  | PMID = 22706525 }}</ref>


==Micrograph==
==Micrograph==
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==Stains==
==Stains==
*Warthin-Starry stain +ve -- bacilli.
*[[Warthin-Starry stain]] +ve -- bacilli.
*Gram stain -ve.
*[[Gram stain]] -ve.


==IHC==
==IHC==