Q fever as a possible cause of bilateral optic neuritis.

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1 August 1985

journal article
case report
Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology

Vol. 69 (8) , 580-583
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.69.8.580

Abstract

A 59-year-old farmer developed a bilateral optic neuritis in the course of an infection with Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), resulting in a lasting unilateral blindness. A complete medical (including neurological) evaluation gave no evidence of other possible causes. A possible source of infection was cattle.

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