Bartonella neuroretinitis (cat-scratch disease)

Siew Mei Yap1, Mamoun Saeed2, Patricia Logan3

  • 1Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland siewmeiy@gmail.com.

Practical Neurology
|June 18, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Cat-scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae, can lead to meningitis and neuroretinitis. High clinical suspicion is key, even with initial low-positive serology, as repeat testing may confirm the diagnosis.