Diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis: A role for new testing modalities?

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 45-62

  Bramante, Carolyn T ^a   Talbot, Elizabeth A ^b   Rathinam, Sivakumar R ^c   Stevens, Rosalind ^b   Zegans, Michael E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EALES DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 34547624493     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e318074de79     Document Type: Review

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