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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 1950 La evolución etiológica de la medicina la podemos dividir en dos grandes períodos: período de la sífilis y período de la tuberculosis. El período de la sífilis, gracias a las armas de combate de que hoy disponemos, ocupa un lugar secundario.
Francisco Infante Barrera
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Ocular Tuberculosis I: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Features
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2011 The World Health Organization has declared tuberculosis (TB) to be a global emergency, as it remains the most common single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Sumru Önal, ilknur Tuğal-Tutkun
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Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2008 Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a public health problem in several countries. This disease is classified as either pulmonary or extrapulmonary. Within the extrapulmonary disease, ocular involvement is uncommon but it is important to recognize it because its incidence has been reported up to 1%.
M Elena, De Benedetti Z +3 more
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Ocular Tuberculosis II: Diagnosis and Treatment
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2011 Recent studies on the clinical importance of tuberculin skin tests (TST), interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), chest computed tomography (CT) and polymerase chain reaction have provided a new approach to diagnosing ocular tuberculosis (TBC ...
Sumru Önal, ilknur Tuğal-Tutkun
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Ocular tuberculosis: an update
Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology, 1970 Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is a resurgent disease in the developed world. The World Health Organization estimates that one third of the world’s population is currently infected, with 9 million new cases occurring annually, leading to 3 million deaths per year (WHO Report,
A, Sharma, B, Thapa, P, Lavaju
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Ocular tuberculosis: Where are we today? [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Diagnosis and management of ocular tuberculosis (OTB) poses a significant challenge. Mixed ocular tissue involvement and lack of agreement on best practice diagnostic tests together with the global variations in therapeutic management contributed to the ...
Ilaria Testi +6 more
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Ocular tuberculosis: current perspectives [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 Faiz I Shakarchi1,21Ibn Al-Haetham Teaching Eye Hospital, 2Department of Opthalmology, Medical College, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, IraqAbstract: The World Health Organization currently estimates that nearly two billion people, or one-third of ...
Shakarchi FI
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Ocular Manifestations among Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Anti-Tubercular Therapy under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Ocular tuberculosis has diverse presentations. As microbiological confirmation is difficult, a high index of suspicion is required. The present study replenishes the gap of existing knowledge regarding ocular tuberculosis and facts ...
SOUMYA RAY +4 more
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Vestnik oftal'mologii, 2016 Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a specific infectious (bacterial) disease dealt with by ophthalmologists and phthisiatricians. This is a serious illness with chronic, persistent course and extremely doubtful prognosis. Chemotherapy, even if effective, can still be followed by a decrease in visual acuity. Clinical recovery is often unstable.
L V, Puzyreva +3 more
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Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022 Tuberculosis continues to be a significant global public health issue. Tuberculosis most often affects the lungs. However, children are more likely to have extrapulmonary involvement compared to adults.
Selçuk Sızmaz +6 more
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