Ocular tuberculosis: current perspectives

FI Shakarchi - Clinical ophthalmology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The World Health Organization currently estimates that nearly two billion people, or one-
third of the world's population, are infected by tuberculosis, and that roughly 10% of the …

Serpiginous choroiditis and infectious multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis

HN Khanamiri, NA Rao - Survey of ophthalmology, 2013 - Elsevier
Serpiginous choroiditis (SC) is a posterior uveitis displaying a geographic pattern of
choroiditis, extending from the juxtapapillary choroid and intermittently spreading …

Ocular signs predictive of tubercular uveitis

A Gupta, R Bansal, V Gupta, A Sharma… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine ocular signs predictive of tubercular uveitis. DESIGN:
Retrospective, nonrandomized, comparative interventional case study. METHODS: Three …

Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study consensus guidelines on the management of tubercular uveitis—report 1: guidelines for initiating antitubercular therapy in …

R Agrawal, I Testi, S Mahajan, YS Yuen, A Agarwal… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Topic An international, expert-led consensus initiative organized by the Collaborative Ocular
Tuberculosis Study (COTS), along with the International Ocular Inflammation Society and the …

Collaborative ocular tuberculosis study consensus guidelines on the management of tubercular uveitis—report 2: guidelines for initiating antitubercular therapy in …

R Agrawal, I Testi, B Bodaghi, T Barisani-Asenbauer… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Topic The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS), supported by the International
Ocular Inflammation Society, International Uveitis Study Group, and Foster Ocular …

Anti-tubercular therapy for intraocular tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AR Kee, JJ Gonzalez-Lopez, A Al-Hity, B Gupta… - Survey of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Intraocular tuberculosis remains a diagnostic and management conundrum for both
ophthalmologists and pulmonologists. We analyze the efficacy and safety of anti-tubercular …

The role of anti-tubercular therapy in patients with presumed ocular tuberculosis

R Agrawal, B Gupta, JJ Gonzalez-Lopez… - Ocular immunology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To analyze the factors affecting the treatment outcome in patients with presumed
ocular tuberculosis on anti-tubercular therapy (ATT). Methods: Retrospective chart review of …

[HTML][HTML] Ocular tuberculosis: diagnostic and treatment challenges

GG Alvarez, VR Roth, W Hodge - International Journal of Infectious …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging clinical entity, presenting hurdles in diagnosis and
management for both ophthalmologists and infectious disease specialists. Early diagnosis …

Clinical features of tuberculous serpiginouslike choroiditis in contrast to classic serpiginous choroiditis

DV Vasconcelos-Santos, PK Rao… - Archives of …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To compare distinctive clinical features of presumed tuberculous serpiginouslike
choroiditis (Tb-SLC) with classic serpiginous choroiditis (SC) in patients living in a region …

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 …