Retrobulbar optic neuritis: a complication of Lyme disease?

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;78(12):1409-10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113761.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blotting, Western
  • Borrelia Infections / complications
  • Borrelia Infections / drug therapy
  • Borrelia Infections / immunology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Lyme Disease / immunology
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Male
  • Optic Neuritis / diagnosis
  • Optic Neuritis / etiology*
  • Optic Neuritis / physiopathology
  • Scotoma / diagnosis
  • Scotoma / etiology
  • Visual Acuity / physiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Ceftriaxone