Recurrent optic neuritis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of the central nervous system

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 770-772

  Pohl, Daniela ^a   Rostasy, Kevin ^a   Gieffers, Jens ^b   Maass, Matthias ^c   Hanefeld, Folker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747167681     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001642     Document Type: Article

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