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Acute Uveitis in a Background of Streptococcal Sepsis: Infective or Inflammatory?
Ankita Kothari1, Antony Clark2
1Fellow Pediatric Ophthalmology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.
Background:
The pathophysiology of uveitis in a patient with post-streptococcal syndrome with evidence of bacterial sepsis may be difficult to classify as being infective or an inflammatory etiology.
Case Report:
Our patient presented with uveitis with systemic features of reactive arthritis and acute renal failure in a background of sepsis with group A streptococcus. Treatment with topical steroids lead to the resolution of this type of uveitis.
Conclusion:
It is safe to consider uveitis as being inflammatory rather than infectious and treat appropriately, when evidence suggesting other features of post -streptococcal syndrome are present.
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