Recurrent anterior uveitis associated with streptococcal pharyngitis in a patient with a history of poststreptococcal syndrome

G N Holland

Recurrent anterior uveitis associated with streptococcal pharyngitis in a patient with a history of poststreptococcal syndrome

Am J Ophthalmol. 1999 Mar;127(3):346-7.

Author

G N Holland¹

Affiliation

¹ University of California, Los Angeles Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute, and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine, 90095-7003, USA.

PMID: 10088750

Abstract

Purpose: To provide additional evidence that anterior uveitis can be a manifestation of poststreptococcal syndrome.

Method: A case report providing follow-up information on a previously described patient.

Results: An adolescent girl in whom anterior uveitis was the only manifestation of poststreptococcal syndrome subsequently developed recurrent anterior uveitis after another episode of streptococcal pharyngitis.

Conclusion: Anterior uveitis can recur in a manner similar to other manifestations of poststreptococcal syndrome after reinfection with group A streptococci.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Eye Infections, Bacterial* / drug therapy
Eye Infections, Bacterial* / etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Pharyngitis / drug therapy
Pharyngitis / microbiology*
Prednisolone / analogs & derivatives
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Streptococcal Infections / complications*
Streptococcus pyogenes*
Syndrome
Uveitis, Anterior / drug therapy
Uveitis, Anterior / microbiology*
Visual Acuity

Substances

prednisolone acetate
Prednisolone