Cat scratch neuroretinitis: the role of acute and convalescent titers for diagnosis
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Cat scratch neuroretinitis (CSN) is a clinical diagnosis supported by serological testing. We present 2 cases of CSN in which initial acute titers were negative or equivocal for Bartonella henselae while convalescent titers were shown to be positive. We report these cases to emphasize that a single acute negative titer is insufficient to exclude the diagnosis of CSN and that convalescent titers should be obtained in patients for whom there is a high clinical suspicion of the disease.
Medical Subject Headings
Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use); Azithromycin (therapeutic use); Bartonella henselae (immunology); Cat-Scratch Disease (complications); Child; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulin G (blood); Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Retinitis (diagnosis, etiology, microbiology)
Publication Date
9-1-2012
Publication Title
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
E-ISSN
1536-5166
Volume
32
Issue
3
First Page
243
Last Page
5
PubMed ID
21941214
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1097/WNO.0b013e318233a0a6
Recommended Citation
Gulati, Archit; Yalamanchili, Sushma; Golnik, Karl C.; and Lee, Andrew G., "Cat scratch neuroretinitis: the role of acute and convalescent titers for diagnosis" (2012). Neurology. 1548.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/1548