Getting rid of fleas on your cat may also help prevent you and your family members from catching the infection. Cats only seem to be able to transmit this infection for a few weeks. Young cats seem to be more susceptible to carrying the bacteria than older cats. Households with kittens have higher rates of infection. If the kittens have fleas, the infection rate is 29 times higher than if the kittens do not have fleas.
Cats require no treatment.
The bacteria doesn't cause a sickness in cats. They merely carry the bacteria that causes cat-scratch disease in people. A cat scratch or bite that does not heal in the usual length of time. An area of redness around a cat scratch or bite that continues to get bigger for more than two days after the injury. Fever that lasts for several days after a cat scratch or bite.