Intraocular detection of Bartonella henselae in a patient with HLA-B27 uveitis.
Bartonella henselae uveitis was diagnosed in a 40-year-old woman with underlying HLA-B27 uveitis on the basis of immunodetection and molecular detection of the organism, a Marseilles genogroup and a CAL-1 genotype strain, in the vitreous fluid. This case illustrates that B. henselae should be included in the differential diagnosis of uveitis and the usefulness of immunodetection for rapid and specific diagnosis.
Drancourt
Michel
M
Unité des Rickettsies, CNR UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
Bodaghi
Bahram
B
Lepidi
Hubert
H
Le Hoang
Phuc
P
Raoult
Didier
D
D000328:Adult; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D014605:Uveitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology*
D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen