Ocular manifestations of Rickettsiosis: 2. Retinal involvement and treatment

Ocular manifestations of Rickettsiosis: 2. Retinal involvement and treatment

The presence of retinitis, retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, or any intraocular inflammatory condition in a patient with fever or rash, living in or returning from from an endemic area, especially during spring or summer, strongly suggests a diagnosis of Rickettsiosis. Systemic fundus examination, complemented with fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography in selected cases, may help esta...

etiology, significance, diagnosis and treatment of bruxiam

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Ocular Manifestations of Rickettsiosis: 1. Mediterranean Spotted Fever: laboratory analysis and case reports

Introduction Rickettsiae are short, pleomorphic but usually rod-shaped or coccobacillary Gram-negative bacteria that grow strictly in eukaryotic cells (obligate intracellular parasites). They have the ability to multiply in one or more arthropods and to exist in natural reservoirs of one or several warm-blooded animal hosts, including humans. Rickettsiae are divided into 5 groups: 1) Spotted fe...

Clinical manifestations and complications of rickettsiosis in southern Taiwan.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Taiwan is an endemic area for scrub typhus. Recent increases have been noted in two other infectious diseases caused by obligate intracellular organisms, Q fever and murine typhus. These diseases usually present as an acute febrile illness with non-specific symptoms and are difficult to distinguish. This study describes the clinical manifestations and complications of cas...

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