• Title of article

    Bartonella henelae infection aociated with peripapillary angioma, branch retinal artery occluion, and evere viion lo

  • Author/Authors

    Andrea V. Gray، نويسنده , , J. Brian Reed، نويسنده , , Robert T. Wendel، نويسنده , , Lawrence . More، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    223
  • To page
    224
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report atypical clinical feature of Bartonella henelae neuroretiniti treated with combination antibiotic. METHOD: Cae report. REULT: A 20-year-old man with a poitive B. henelae titer developed a unilateral neuroretiniti, a large peripapillary angiomatou leion, branch artery occluion with ichemic maculopathy, and viion lo that failed to improve with clindamycin. Treatment with doxycycline and rifampin led to rapid clinical improvement. The evere viion lo in thi cae i atypical. CONCLUION: Ocular finding aociated with B. henelae infection may include retinal angiomatou leion and branch retinal artery occluion. Doxycycline and rifampin were ucceful in treating the infection.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    622354