TY - JOUR
T1 - Birdshot chorioretinopathy and Lyme borreliosis
AU - Suttorp-Schulten, M. S. A.
AU - Luyendijk, L.
AU - van Dam, A. P.
AU - de Keizer, R. J. W.
AU - Baarsma, G. S.
AU - Bos, P. J. M.
AU - Rothova, A.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Two patients in whom ocular Lyme disease was suspected and who had antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi developed birdshot chorioretinopathy and carried the HLA-A29 antigen. In a series of 11 patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy who carried the HLA-A29 antigen, three patients had antibodies against B. burgdorferi as determined by either immunofluorescence assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot analysis, or a combination of these tests. Further studies will be necessary to evaluate whether this is a false-positive reaction or whether B. burgdorferi has a causative role in the pathogenesis of birdshot chorioretinopathy.
AB - Two patients in whom ocular Lyme disease was suspected and who had antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi developed birdshot chorioretinopathy and carried the HLA-A29 antigen. In a series of 11 patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy who carried the HLA-A29 antigen, three patients had antibodies against B. burgdorferi as determined by either immunofluorescence assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot analysis, or a combination of these tests. Further studies will be necessary to evaluate whether this is a false-positive reaction or whether B. burgdorferi has a causative role in the pathogenesis of birdshot chorioretinopathy.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8430723
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73917-0
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73917-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 8430723
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 115
SP - 149
EP - 153
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -