Acute Endogenous Endophthalmitis Due toBartonella henselae
| Autor: | Debra A. Goldstein, Steven Friedlander, Deepak P. Edward, Howard H. Tessler, Lars Mouritsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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DNA Bacterial Male Microbiology (medical) Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Visual Acuity Vitrectomy Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnosis Differential Endophthalmitis medicine Humans Antibacterial agent Doxycycline Bartonella henselae biology Bartonellosis business.industry Cat-Scratch Disease Cat-scratch disease medicine.disease biology.organism_classification eye diseases Anti-Bacterial Agents Treatment Outcome Infectious Diseases Acute Disease business Uveitis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33:718-721 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/321884 |
| Popis: | A 45-year-old man presented with progressively worsening vitreitis of 1 week's duration. Treatment for cat-scratch disease 3 years prior to presentation and persistent vitreitis led to vitrectomy, and analysis of the vitrectomy specimen revealed inflammatory cells and necrotic debris; polymerase-chain-reaction analysis of the vitreous fluid sample, done by use of a novel heminested protocol, demonstrated the presence of Bartonella henselae DNA. Treatment with doxycycline led to improvement in the intraocular inflammation but resulted in a poor visual outcome. |
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