Suspecting optic neuritis, diagnosing Bartonella cat scratch disease.

Background: Bartonella cat scratch disease is classically a febrile illness, in conjunction with lymphadenopathy and cat exposure.

Objective: To report 2 atypical cases of cat scratch disease with only blurred vision and headache.

Design: Case reports.

Potentially inappropriate antiepileptic drugs for elderly patients with epilepsy.

Objectives: To describe prescribing patterns for older veterans with epilepsy, determine whether disparity exists between these patterns and clinical recommendations, and describe those at greatest risk of receiving potentially inappropriate antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).

Design: Retrospective administrative database analysis.

Setting: All outpatient facilities within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).