Hallucinations, Sensory Neuropathy, and Peripheral Visual Deficits in a Young Woman Infected with Bartonella koehlerae
- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 49 (9), 3415-3417
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00833-11
Abstract
A young woman experiencing depression, anxiety, mood swings, severe headaches, muscle spasms, interphalangeal joint stiffness, decreased peripheral vision, diminished tactile sensation, and hallucinations was persistently Bartonella koehlerae seroreactive and bacteremic. Following antibiotic treatment, B. koehlerae antibodies and DNA were not detected and all symptoms resolved.Keywords
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