Atypical Bartonella hensalae chorioretinitis in an immunocompromised patient

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Patel, Sayjal J ^a   Petrarca, Robert ^b   Shah, Syed Mahmood ^a   Zimmer Galler, Ingrid ^a   Janjua, Kashif A ^a   Do, Diana V ^a   Nguyen, Quan Dong ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella hensalae; Cat scratch disease; Chorioretinitis; Immunocompromised; Macular edema

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; CHORIORETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATYPICAL BACTERIAL FORMS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CHORIORETINITIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 41649100077     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940801899780     Document Type: Article

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