Neuroretinitis secondary to concurrent infection with cat scratch disease and lyme disease

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1607-

  Gupta, P K ^a   Patel, R ^b   Bhatti, M T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT INFECTION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; NEURORETINITIS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINITIS; SLIT LAMP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINITIS;

EID: 67749103806     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.288     Document Type: Letter

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