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Cat scratch disease complicated with aseptic meningitis and neuroretinitis.
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a self limited condition characterized by fever, lymph node enlargement and less often eye involvement. Central nervous system involvement by Bartonella henselae infection is possibly an important cause of morbidity; its role as an agent of aseptic meningitis is unknown. We report a case of a 40 years-old man with CSD accompanied by aseptic meningitis and neuroretin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Ophthalmology and Clinical Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2378-346X
DOI: 10.23937/2378-346x/1410071