Anterior uveitis and leptospirosis
David, R.; Barkay, S.
Annals of Ophthalmology 8(8): 958-962
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 962269 Document Number: 97418
Seven patients with anterior uveitis due to leptospirosis are presented. The diagnosis was based upon serologic tests and exclusion of other etiologic possibilities. Six patients came from a well-known endemic area of leptospirosis during the time of epidemics and one case came from an area which was not known to be endemic at the time. In 5 patients the uveitis was bilateral. The disease was mild in all but 2 patents who needed systemic administration of steroids. The posterior part of the eye was not involved in any of the cases.