Ocular toxoplasmosis presenting as neuroretinitis: Report of two cases

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Küçükerdönmez, Cem ^a   Akova, Yonca A ^a   Yilmaz, Gürsel ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ocular toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmic neuroretinitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NEURORETINITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SLIT LAMP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037561539     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.3.229.15596     Document Type: Article

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