Extrapulmonary tuberculosis—an update on the diagnosis, treatment and drug resistance

R Gopalaswamy, VNA Dusthackeer, S Kannayan… - Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms (MTBC) primarily cause
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB); however, MTBC are also capable of causing disease in …

Classification of intraocular tuberculosis

A Gupta, A Sharma, R Bansal… - Ocular immunology and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis in the TB endemic countries commonly manifests in the eye as tuberculous
uveitis. There is a wide spectrum of the clinical manifestations of intraocular tuberculosis …

Uveitis: Diagnostic work-up. A literature review and recommendations from an expert committee

P Sève, P Cacoub, B Bodaghi, S Trad, J Sellam… - Autoimmunity …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Diagnosis of uveitis is difficult. Etiologic investigations should take into account the
epidemiology of uveitis and should focus on the most severe forms of the disease and those …

Ocular tuberculosis: Where are we today?

I Testi, R Agrawal, S Mehta, S Basu… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Diagnosis and management of ocular tuberculosis (OTB) poses a significant challenge.
Mixed ocular tissue involvement and lack of agreement on best practice diagnostic tests …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and biomarkers for ocular tuberculosis: From the present into the future

Z Ludi, AA Sule, RP Samy, I Putera, B Schrijver… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and can
manifest both pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease, including ocular tuberculosis (OTB) …

The collaborative ocular tuberculosis study (COTS)-1 report 3: polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and management of tubercular uveitis: global trends

A Agarwal, R Agrawal, DV Gunasekaran… - Ocular immunology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To analyze the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ocular fluids in
management of tubercular (TB) anterior, intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Methods: In …

Tuberculosis or sarcoidosis: opposite ends of the same disease spectrum?

R Agrawal, AR Kee, L Ang, YT Hang, V Gupta, OM Kon… - Tuberculosis, 2016 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis and sarcoidosis are chronic systemic diseases that have similar pulmonary
and extra-pulmonary manifestations. Multiple studies have found an epidemiological …

Epidemiology of uveitis in a tertiary-care referral institute in North India

M Dogra, R Singh, A Agarwal, A Sharma… - Ocular immunology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To report epidemiology of uveitis in a tertiary-care referral institute in North India.
Methods: Hospital records of patients with uveitis between June 2011 and September 2014 …

Classification criteria for tubercular uveitis

… of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine classification criteria for tubercular uveitis. Design Machine learning
of cases with tubercular uveitis and 14 other uveitides. Methods Cases of noninfectious …

Controversies in ocular tuberculosis

M Ang, SP Chee - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 - bjo.bmj.com
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 …