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There was an initial suspicion of Bartonella, but the serology was negative. Our patient was eventually empirically treated for infective neuroretinitis based on a positive contact history (recently scratched by one of his three pet cats). There was progression to a macular star upon serial dilated fundus examination, and the repeated serology one week after symptom onset showed rising titres, supporting a diagnosis of CSD. Conclusions: A judicious review of systems, repeat assays, serial dilated fundus examination, and early ophthalmic evaluation are useful in cases of suspected neuroretinitis, remaining an important differential in the evaluation of sudden-onset painless vision loss and unilateral disc swelling.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tropicalmed9080186","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,20]],"date-time":"2024-08-20T06:07:35Z","timestamp":1724134055000},"page":"186","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Bartonella Neuroretinitis with Initial Seronegativity and an Absent Macular Star: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-0496-4570","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jason Timothy","family":"Pan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dayna Wei Wei","family":"Yong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, 1E Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119228, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hazel Anne","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, 1E Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119228, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"514","DOI":"10.1097\/ICU.0000000000000527","article-title":"Neuroretinitis: A review","volume":"29","author":"Abdelhakim","year":"2018","journal-title":"Curr. 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