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Ocular tuberculosis masquerading as atypical ocular toxoplasmosis
GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2023 Ocular tuberculosis is a great mimicker of various uveitis entities. We present a case of a 29-year-old male who came in with blurring of vision and floaters in the left eye. On examination, the left eye had anterior chamber cells and vitritis associated
Bromeo, Albert John +2 more
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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: 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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İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022 Objective: Ocular tuberculosis is still considered to be a controversial issue in terms of both terminology and diagnostic criteria and treatment options.
Tülin Çağatay +10 more
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The impact of ocular tuberculosis on vision after two months of intensive therapy
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of global importance with major economic and social burden accounting for 25% of all avoidable deaths in developing countries.
Suzana Batista Vereza de Oliveira +7 more
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Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2021 Choroidal tuberculomas are present in patients with ocular tuberculosis. They usually occur in a patient with previous history of tuberculosis, and are rarely the initial presentation, with no prior systemic manifestations.
Juni Eyat Juni Ying +4 more
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Controversies in ocular tuberculosis [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Ocular tuberculosis still remains a presumptive, clinical diagnosis in the presence of supportive clinical signs and investigations, while in the absence of other possible causes of uveitis. The purpose of this review is to discuss three controversies of ocular tuberculosis today.
Marcus, Ang, Soon-Phaik, Chee
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