Presumed oculoglandular syndrome from Bartonella quintana

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-43

  Borboli, Sheila ^a   Afshari, Natalie A ^b   Watkins, Lynnette ^c   Foster, C Stephen ^d  

^a Center for Eye Care   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Eye Center Group   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Oculoglandular

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; OCULOGLANDULAR SYNDROME; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SYNDROME; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 33847249855     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940601077157     Document Type: Article

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