A case of Bartonella neuroretinitis with macular star diagnosed by clinical, epidemiological, serological, and molecular data: resolution after initiation of antimicrobial therapy
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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53: e20190516, 2020. graf
Article
in English
| SES-SP, ColecionaSUS, LILACS
| ID: biblio-1136894
ABSTRACT
Abstract The differential diagnosis of optic neuritis is broad and varied. We report the case of a 24-year-old Brazilian man who presented with five-week history of fever, malaise, myalgia, severe fatigue, tender right preauricular lymphadenopathy, and acute vision blurring associated with right optic disc swelling and exudates in a macular star pattern. His illness developed soon after an infestation of fleas broke out among his cats. Diagnosis of ocular bartonellosis was confirmed by serological and molecular analyses targeting amplification of Bartonella spp. htrA gene. Signs and symptoms only improved after initiation of antimicrobial therapy.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Retinitis
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Bartonella henselae
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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