Bartonella henselae neuroretinitis in cat scratch disease: Diagnosis, management, and sequelae

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-466

  Reed, J Brian ^a,c   Scales, David K ^a   Wong, Michael T ^a   Lattuada Jr , Charles P ^a   Dolan, Matthew J ^a   Schwab, Ivan R ^b,d  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Air Force Institute of Technology

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARTONELLACEAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031916034     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)93028-7     Document Type: Article

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