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Ocular Bartonellosis
Bartonella henselae is a gram negative aerobic bacillus and is the etiologic agent of cat-scratch disease. The infection is present around the world and may affect patients of all ages, including immunocompetent individuals. Humans are usually infected through a cat’s scratch or bite, but a bite by cat fleas may also be the origin of infection. More common in children and young adults, it usual...
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Cat scratch disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae [1] and is transmitted by cat scratches or exposure to cat saliva. The spectrum of its ocular manifestations includes Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome, iritis, vitritis, neuroretinitis, panuveitis, retinitis appearing as small white intraretinal infiltrates, and choroidal white lesions [1, 2]. B. henselae ...
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We report a case series of neuroretinitis in ocular bartonellosis and describe the serologic verification for Bartonella henselae. This is a retrospective interventional case series of four patients who presented in the ophthalmology clinic of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from June 2012 to March 2013. All four patients had a history of contact with cats and had fever prior to ocular sympt...
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Background. Ocular bartonellosis can present in various ways, with variable visual outcome. There is limited data on ocular bartonellosis in Malaysia. Objective. We aim to describe the clinical presentation and visual outcome of ocular bartonellosis in Malaysia. Materials and Methods. This was a retrospective review of patients treated for ocular bartonellosis in two ophthalmology centers in Ma...
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Two simple Bartonella bacilliformis immunoblot preparation methods were developed. Antigen was prepared by two different methods: sonication of whole organisms or glycine extraction. Both methods were then tested for sensitivity and specificity. Well-defined control sera were utilized in the development of these diagnostic immunoblots, and possible cross-reactions were thoroughly examined. Sera...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1449-1907
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.131