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- Title
Retrobulbar Neuritis Complicating Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.
- Authors
Anderson, Mark D.; Kennedy, Charles A.; Lewis, Andrew W.; Christensen, Gerald R.
- Abstract
A 19-year-old man presented with retrobulbar neuritis and was initially suspected to have neurosyphilis because of a positive microhemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum (MHA-TP). However, a Venereal Disease Research Laboratory assay was negative, and the patient was subsequently diagnosed with infection due to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) by heterophile antibody assay and serology for EBV. A biological false-positive MHA-TP has been reported in association with EBV infection. Physicians need to be aware that both retrobulbar neuritis and a biological false-positive MHA-TP can be seen in association with EBV infection.
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1994, Vol 18, Issue 5, p799
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/clinids/18.5.799