birdshot chorioretinopathy/fever

Intravenous polyclonal immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment has been successfully used in a number of autoimmune conditions. Birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BRC) is a bilateral autoimmune posterior uveitis which, in its progressive form, frequently requires immunosuppressive therapy. We report a clinical

The authors describe the first two cases, to their knowledge, of retinal vasculitis, associated with Q fever. The first case was a chronic infection induced by Coxiella burnetii associated with HLA group A29 and B12; in the second case, the phenotype was B12. The authors tried to determine whether