title: The ticking time bomb.
abstract: A man with orbital myositis and optic neuritis tested positive serologically for multiple tick-borne diseases. Erlichiosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease may occur together and affect the eye or orbit.
authors.affiliation: Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Sagun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pendse
authors.forename: Jurij R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bilyk
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001403:Babesia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial