Panuveitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection.
A 13-year-old boy who presented with a red left eye, painful eye movement, blurred vision, photophobia and increased lacrimation, was diagnosed with 1-sided panuveitis with optic disk edema. Diagnostic work-up revealed borrelial antibodies in serum. Diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis was substantiated by demonstration of lymphocytic pleocytosis, intrathecal borrelial antibody synthesis, improvement after treatment with ceftriaxone and exclusion of other causes.
From the *Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1525 Ljubljana; †Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46; and ‡Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jasna
J
Mahne
Branka Stirn
BS
Kranjc
Franc
F
Strle
Eva
E
Ružić-Sabljić
Maja
M
Arnež
D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D002443:Ceftriaxone