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- Title
Commentary: Posterior segment manifestations of rickettsial disease.
- Authors
Samanta, Ramanuj; Sood, Gitanjli; Agrawal, Ajai
- Abstract
Inner retinal layer atrophy with disruption of ellipsoid zone may be noted following resolution.[[9]] Although early treatment is beneficial, delay due to asymptomatic presentation and presence of innocuous lesion is frequently encountered. Post-febrile retinitis can be associated with a number of infective diseases like dengue, chikungunya, rickettsia, typhoid, malaria, West Nile virus, bartonellosis, cat scratch disease, Rift Valley fever, and herpes viridae family.[[1]] Diagnosis of rickettsiosis is particularly difficult due to lack of uniform diagnostic criteria and absence of easily available low-cost confirmatory laboratory tests. Retinal and vascular involvement is common due to presence of glutamic acid in the retinal tissue and angiotrophic nature of the organism.[[6]] The ophthalmic manifestations of rickettsiosis are varied with a predilection for the posterior segment.
- Subjects
RICKETTSIAL diseases; IRIDOCYCLITIS; DENGUE hemorrhagic fever; RIFT Valley fever; TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease; PHYSICIANS; OPTICAL coherence tomography; RICKETTSIAL disease diagnosis; EYE
- Publication
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021, Vol 68, Issue 5, p1171
- ISSN
0301-4738
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.4103/ijo.IJO_3112_20