An unusual cause of optic neuritis: rickettsiosis disease
Optic neuritis (ON) may be associated to a range of autoimmune or infectious diseases. We report herein a case of ON induced by Rickettsia conorii. A 53-year-old woman presented with a recent decrease in visual acuity and headache. ON was diagnosed on the basis of ophthalmologic examination and flas...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b646db2376c74bfd8131e7e4d1d0a672 2023-05-15T15:01:03+02:00 An unusual cause of optic neuritis: rickettsiosis disease Loukil Hanen Snoussi Mouna Frikha Faten Ben Salah Raida Jallouli Moez Chérif Yosra El Aoud Sahar Marzouk Sameh Bahloul Zouhir 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0359 https://doaj.org/article/b646db2376c74bfd8131e7e4d1d0a672 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115301180 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0359 https://doaj.org/article/b646db2376c74bfd8131e7e4d1d0a672 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 4, Iss 12, Pp 998-1000 (2014) Optic neuritis Rickettsia conorii Mediterranean spotted fever Ocular involvement Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0359 2022-12-31T15:43:05Z Optic neuritis (ON) may be associated to a range of autoimmune or infectious diseases. We report herein a case of ON induced by Rickettsia conorii. A 53-year-old woman presented with a recent decrease in visual acuity and headache. ON was diagnosed on the basis of ophthalmologic examination and flash visual evoked potentials. Etiological investigation made in our department eliminated first autoimmune disorders (vasculitis and connective tissue diseases). Rickettsial optic neuritis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies in serum and the negativity of other serologic tests. An association between corticosteroids and cyclines was prescribed with improvement of visual acuity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 4 12 998 1000 |
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Optic neuritis (ON) may be associated to a range of autoimmune or infectious diseases. We report herein a case of ON induced by Rickettsia conorii. A 53-year-old woman presented with a recent decrease in visual acuity and headache. ON was diagnosed on the basis of ophthalmologic examination and flash visual evoked potentials. Etiological investigation made in our department eliminated first autoimmune disorders (vasculitis and connective tissue diseases). Rickettsial optic neuritis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies in serum and the negativity of other serologic tests. An association between corticosteroids and cyclines was prescribed with improvement of visual acuity. |
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Loukil Hanen Snoussi Mouna Frikha Faten Ben Salah Raida Jallouli Moez Chérif Yosra El Aoud Sahar Marzouk Sameh Bahloul Zouhir |
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