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Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Retinitis

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Retinitis is a inflammation of the retina secondary to bacterial, virus, parazitic or fungal infection. The most common cause of retinitis of over the world is the Toxoplasma gondii. Retinitis secondary to each pathogen has a different clinical picture and the recognition of these signs are fundamental for the correct treatment.

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  1. National Institute of Infectious Diseases – INI, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    André Luiz Land Curi

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Curi, A.L.L. (2017). Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Retinitis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_31-2

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    Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Retinitis
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_31-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_31-1

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