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Ocular tuberculosis is a challenge in ophthalmic practice because it is extremely difficult to diagnose it. The term ocular tuberculosis indicates any infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in, on, or around the eye.
Badari P Badhu, S Kumar, N Negi
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Tuberculose ocular Ocular tuberculosis
Relato de quatro casos de tuberculose ocular presumida, com comprometimento do segmento posterior em três destes casos. Nos dois primeiros casos, relata-se comprometimento do segmento anterior do olho e antecedente de tuberculose, em um caso sistêmica e ...
Veridiana Puppio Querido +3 more
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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 Manifestations among Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Anti-Tubercular Therapy under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]
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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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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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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Despite extensive investigations, including the use of Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA), the diagnosis of intraocular tuberculosis (TB) remains challenging. Ocular evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low endemic countries for TB is extremely rare, leading mostly to a TB-related ocular inflammation presumptive diagnosis.
Julian A, Marin-Acevedo +2 more
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Tuberculosis ocular: un retrato portugués de este problema raro y desafiante
Objectives: Although threatening there is not enough awareness for ocular tuberculosis, hence we intend to study and characterize the ocular tuberculosis observed on a Portuguese specialized pulmonology diagnostic center.
Kelly Lopes +2 more
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Choroidal Tuberculoma as a Presenting Sign of Tuberculosis
The unusual ocular type of tuberculosis (TB), known as choroidal tuberculoma, poses diagnostic and treatment challenges, particularly when it occurs in the absence of other disease signs.
Shivam Yadav +3 more
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A clinical study on ocular tuberculosis in a tertiary care center
Aim: This study is aimed to characterize the various clinical spectrum of ocular Tuberculosis. Methodology: It is a retrospective study of patients presented during January 2020 and January 2021 with tuberculosis and with a follow up period of one year ...
Savithiri Visvanathan +2 more
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