Borrelia Hermsii Causing Relapsing Fever and Uveitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-349

  Lim, Lyndell L ^a   Rosenbaum, James T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLURRED VISION; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHILD; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; RELAPSING FEVER; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE;

EID: 33746302610     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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