Unilateral papillitis as an isolated symptom of an acute Borrelia infection;Akute borreliainfektion einseitige papillitis als isolierte klinische manifestation

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 591-594

  Pradella, St P ^a,b   Krause, A ^a   Muller A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Ocular infection; Papillitis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; CORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PAPILLITIS; SYMPTOM; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030774691     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050165     Document Type: Article

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