Cat-scratch disease (ocular bartonellosis) presenting as bilateral recurrent iridocyclitis.

Hernán Martínez-Osorio, Margarita Calonge, Jenice Torres, Fernando González

Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Unit, Institute of Ophthalmobiology (IOBA), University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. calonge@ioba.med.uva.es.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005 Mar 1

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An otherwise healthy 9-year-old girl presented with bilateral recurrent anterior uveitis. Thirteen months later, the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease (ocular bartonellosis) was suspected when neuroretinitis appeared. Confirmation was based on serological test results positive for Bartonella henselae. Antibiotic treatment completely cured the disease, and there have been no further manifestations during a follow-up period of 6 years.

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Hernán Martínez-Osorio, Margarita Calonge, Jenice Torres, Fernando González. Cat-scratch disease (ocular bartonellosis) presenting as bilateral recurrent iridocyclitis. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2005 Mar 1;40(5):e43-5