TY - JOUR
T1 - Leptospiral uveitis in coastal Karnataka
T2 - A case report
AU - Kamath, Yogish S.
AU - Rizvi, Alisha
AU - Ravikumar, T. N.
AU - Vishwanath, Shashidhar
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - We report a case of a young male from Udupi, Karnataka, presenting with features of bilateral non-granulomatous anterior uveitis with mild vitritis. There was a history of fever and myalgia a month before ocular features, which was partially treated. He also gave a history of being actively involved in the flood relief work in the district, before the onset of fever. This prompted an evaluation of leptospirosis, which came positive. The possibility of leptospira uveitis needs to be considered, especially in cases of non-granulomatous uveitis after floods in areas endemic for leptospirosis, which may otherwise be wrongly labeled idiopathic.
AB - We report a case of a young male from Udupi, Karnataka, presenting with features of bilateral non-granulomatous anterior uveitis with mild vitritis. There was a history of fever and myalgia a month before ocular features, which was partially treated. He also gave a history of being actively involved in the flood relief work in the district, before the onset of fever. This prompted an evaluation of leptospirosis, which came positive. The possibility of leptospira uveitis needs to be considered, especially in cases of non-granulomatous uveitis after floods in areas endemic for leptospirosis, which may otherwise be wrongly labeled idiopathic.
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U2 - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_267_20
DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_267_20
M3 - Article
C2 - 32823446
AN - SCOPUS:85089803844
SN - 0301-4738
VL - 68
SP - 1975
EP - 1976
JO - Journal of the All-India Ophthalmological Society
JF - Journal of the All-India Ophthalmological Society
IS - 9
ER -