Choroidal tuberculosis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction: A clinicopathologic case report

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 290-294

  Bowyer, Jeremy D ^a,b   Gormley, Paula D ^a   Seth, Rashmi ^a   Downes, Richard N ^a   Lowe, Jim ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033510685     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90068-4     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Levi S, Urbano-Ispizua A, Gill R, et al. Multiple K-ras codon 12 mutations in cholangiocarcinomas demonstrated with a sensitive polymerase chain reaction technique. Cancer Res 1991;51:3497-502.
2. Totsch M, Bocker W, Brommelkamp E, et al. Diagnostic value of different PCR assays for the detection of mycobacterial DNA in granulomatous lymphadenopathy. J Pathol 1996;178:221-6.
3. Illingsworth RS, Wright T. Tubercles of the choroid. Br Med J 1948;2:365-8.
4. Woods AC. Chronic bacterial infections. In: Sorsby A, ed. Modern Ophthalmology, rev ed. London: Butterworth, 1972; v. 2, chap. 5.
5. Dvorak-Theobald G. Acute tuberculous endophthalmitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1958;45:403-7.
6. Darrell RW. Acute tuberculous panophthalmitis. Arch Ophthalmol 1967;78:51-4.
7. Cangemi FE, Friedman AH, Josephburg R. Tuberculoma of the choroid. Ophthalmology 1980;87:252-8.
8. Shammas HF, Burton TC, Weingeist TA. False-positive results with the radioactive phosphorous test. Arch Ophthalmol 1977;95:2190-2.
9. Blodi FC. A choroidal tuberculoma simulating a melanoma. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 1977;170:845-9.
10. Chung YM, Yeh TS, Sheu SJ, Liu JH. Macular subretinal neovascularization in choroidal tuberculosis. Ann Ophthalmol 1989;21:225-9.
11. Jabbour NM, Bishara F, Trempe CL. A case of pulmonary tuberculosis presenting with a choroidal tuberculoma. Ophthalmology 1985;92:834-7.
12. Berinstein DM, Gentile RC, McCormick SA, Walsh JB. Primary choroidal tuberculoma. Arch Ophthalmol 1997;115: 430-1.
13. Barondes MJ, Sponsel WE, Stevens TS, Plotnik RD. Tuberculous choroiditis diagnosed by chorioretinal endobiopsy [letter]. Am J Ophthalmol 1991;112:460-1.
14. Massaro D, Katz S, Sachs M. Choroidal tubercles; a clue to hematogenous tuberculosis. Ann Int Med 1964;60:231-41.
15. Our S, Silverstone BZ, Zylberman R, Berson D. Chorioretinitis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Ann Ophthalmol 1987; 19:112-5.
16. Mansour AM, Haymond R. Choroidal tuberculomas without evidence of extraocular tuberculosis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1990;228:382-5.
17. Glassroth J, Robins AG, Snider DE. Tuberculosis in the 1980's. N Engl J Med 1980;302:1441-50.
18. Bates JH. Diagnosis of tuberculosis. Chest 1979;76:757-63.
19. Jonas V, Longiaru M. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by molecular methods. Clin Lab Med 1997;17:119-28.
20. Tan MF, Ng WC, Chan SH, Tan WC. Comparative usefulness of PCR in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in different clinical specimens. J Med Microbiol 1997;46:164-9.
21. Brisson-Noel A, Lecossier D, Nassif X, et al. Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis by amplification of mycobacterial DNA in clinical samples [prel comm]. Lancet 1989;2:1069-71.
22. Hardman WJ, Benian GM, Howard T, et al. Rapid detection of mycobacteria in inflammatory necrotizing granulomas from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by PCR in clinically high-risk patients with acid-fast stain and culture negative tissue biopsies. Am J Clin Pathol 1996;106:384-9.
23. Kotake S, Kimura K, Yoshikawa K, et al. Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in ocular tuberculosis [letter]. Am J Ophthalmol 1994;117: 805-6.
24. Recillas-Gispert C, Ortega-Larrocea G, Arellanas-Garcia L. Chorioretinitis secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Retina 1997;17: 437-9.
25. Trinker M, Hofler G, Sill H. False-positive diagnosis of tuberculosis with PCR. Lancet 1996;348:1388.
26. Noordhoek GT, van Embden JDA, Kolk AHJ. Reliability of nucleic acid amplification for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an international collaborative quality control study among 30 laboratories. J Clin Microbiol 1996;34: 2522-5.
27. American Thoracic Society Workshop. Rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis. What is the appropriate use? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:1804-14.
28. Barnes PF. Rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis. Progress but no gold standard. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:1497-8.