Unilateral visual loss secondary to cat scratch disease in a healthy young man
| Autor: | Umi Kalthum Md Noh, Norfarizal Ashikin Abdullah, Hanizasuriana Hashim, Rona Asnida Nasaruddin, Ayesha Md Zain, Jemaima Che Hamzah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine genetic structures lcsh:RC955-962 Cat scratch disease lcsh:Medicine Low-grade fever Medicine Clinical syndrome Doxycycline Bartonella henselae biology business.industry lcsh:R Cat-scratch disease biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology eye diseases Surgery Left eye Infectious Diseases sense organs Immunocompetent business Optic Disc Edema medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 77-79 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2222-1808 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s2222-1808(14)60631-9 |
| Popis: | Cat scratch disease is a benign clinical syndrome manifested as lymphadenopathy, fever and sometimes with atypical symptom of blurring of vision. It occurs following cat ’s bites or scratches. This case report presented a healthy young man presented with left eye blurring of vision for 1 month duration preceeded by history of recurrent low grade fever with previous history of being scratched by cat. Examination revealed optic disc edema with macula star. Thorough investigations were done and shown positive titre towards Bartonella henselae. He responded well with intravenous ceftazidime, oral doxycycline and rifampicin. His vision improved to 6/9 and 6/6 with pinhole after 3 months. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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