Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report

Spotted fever is a common rickettsial disease in India. It is caused by Rickettsia conorii, which demonstrates vascular tropism and causes endothelial injury. Ocular manifestations include multifocal retinitis and disc edema. Anterior uveitis as a presenting feature of spotted fever is uncommon. We...

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Autores principales: Das, Sohini, Ninan, George A., Jasper, Smitha, George, Minu, Iyadurai, Ramya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1009_19
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author Das, Sohini
Ninan, George A.
Jasper, Smitha
George, Minu
Iyadurai, Ramya
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description Spotted fever is a common rickettsial disease in India. It is caused by Rickettsia conorii, which demonstrates vascular tropism and causes endothelial injury. Ocular manifestations include multifocal retinitis and disc edema. Anterior uveitis as a presenting feature of spotted fever is uncommon. We present a 32-year-old man with spotted fever and bilateral anterior uveitis.
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spelling pubmed-71140102020-04-21 Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report Das, Sohini Ninan, George A. Jasper, Smitha George, Minu Iyadurai, Ramya J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Spotted fever is a common rickettsial disease in India. It is caused by Rickettsia conorii, which demonstrates vascular tropism and causes endothelial injury. Ocular manifestations include multifocal retinitis and disc edema. Anterior uveitis as a presenting feature of spotted fever is uncommon. We present a 32-year-old man with spotted fever and bilateral anterior uveitis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7114010/ /pubmed/32318504 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1009_19 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
title_full Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
title_fullStr Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
title_short Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
title_sort spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1009_19
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