TY - JOUR
T1 - Cat scratch neuroretinitis
T2 - The role of acute and convalescent titers for diagnosis
AU - Gulati, Archit
AU - Yalamanchili, Sushma
AU - Golnik, Karl C.
AU - Lee, Andrew G.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318233a0a6
DO - 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318233a0a6
M3 - Article
C2 - 21941214
AN - SCOPUS:84865769049
SN - 1070-8022
VL - 32
SP - 243
EP - 245
JO - Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -