Ocular tuberculosis: diagnostic and treatment challenges

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-435

  Alvarez, Gonzalo G ^a   Roth, Virginia R ^a   Hodge, William ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ocular; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

B SCAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLEPHARITIS; CHALAZION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGAN SYNDROME; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; IRITIS; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; KERATITIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCLERITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVEITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 67349160217     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.018     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Donahue H.C. Ophthalmologic experience in a tuberculosis sanatorium. Am J Ophthalmol 64 (1967) 742-748
2. Bouza E., Merino P., Munoz P., Sanchez-Carrillo C., Yanez J., and Cortes C. Ocular tuberculosis. A prospective study in a general hospital. Medicine (Baltimore) 76 (1997) 53-61
3. Henderly D.E., Genstler A.J., Smith R.E., and Rao N.A. Changing patterns of uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 103 (1987) 131-136
4. Abrahams I.W., and Jiang Y.Q. Ophthalmology in China. Endogenous uveitis in a Chinese ophthalmological clinic. Arch Ophthalmol 104 (1986) 444-446
5. Mercanti A., Parolini B., Bonora A., Lequaglie Q., and Tomazzoli L. Epidemiology of endogenous uveitis in north-eastern Italy. Analysis of 655 new cases. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 79 (2001) 64-68
6. Wakabayashi T., Morimura Y., Miyamoto Y., and Okada A.A. Changing patterns of intraocular inflammatory disease in Japan. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 11 (2003) 277-286
7. Islam S.M., and Tabbara K.F. Causes of uveitis at The Eye Center in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective review. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 9 (2002) 239-249
8. Sheu S.J., Shyu J.S., Chen L.M., Chen Y.Y., Chirn S.C., and Wang J.S. Ocular manifestations of tuberculosis. Ophthalmology 108 (2001) 1580-1585
9. Gupta V., Gupta A., and Rao N.A. Intraocular tuberculosis-an update. Surv Ophthalmol 52 (2007) 561-587
10. Kurup S.K., Buggage R.R., Clarke G.L., Ursea R., Lim W.K., and Nussenblatt R.B. Gamma interferon assay as an alternative to PPD skin testing in selected patients with granulomatous intraocular inflammatory disease. Can J Ophthalmol 41 (2006) 737-740
11. Huebner R.E., Schein M.F., and Bass Jr. J.B. The tuberculin skin test. Clin Infect Dis 17 (1993) 968-975
12. Long R. The Canadian Lung Association/Canadian Thoracic Society and tuberculosis prevention and control. Can Respir J 14 (2007) 427-431
13. Abrams J., and Schlaegel Jr. T.F. The tuberculin skin test in the diagnosis of tuberculous uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 96 (1983) 295-298
14. Blumberg H.M., Burman W.J., Chaisson R.E., Daley C.L., Etkind S.C., Friedman L.N., et al. American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167 (2003) 603-662
15. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control. UK: NHS; 2006. Available at: http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG033niceguideline.pdf (accessed November 2008).
16. South African Tuberculosis Control Programme Practical Guidelines; 2004. Available at: http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/chrp/documents/Guidelines/Guidelines%20National/Tuberculosis/SA%20TB%20Guidelines%202004.pdf (accessed April 8, 2009).
17. Varma D., Anand S., Reddy A.R., Das A., Watson J.P., Currie D.C., et al. Tuberculosis: an under-diagnosed aetiological agent in uveitis with an effective treatment. Eye 20 (2006) 1068-1073
18. Babu R.B., Sudharshan S., Kumarasamy N., Therese L., and Biswas J. Ocular tuberculosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol 142 (2006) 413-418
19. Morimura Y., Okada A.A., Kawahara S., Miyamoto Y., Kawai S., Hirakata A., et al. Tuberculin skin testing in uveitis patients and treatment of presumed intraocular tuberculosis in Japan. Ophthalmology 109 (2002) 851-857
20. Mayosi BM, Ntsekhe M, Volmink JA, Commerford PJ. Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2002;(4):CD000526.
21. van de Beek D, de Gans J, McIntyre P, Prasad K. Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;(1):CD004405.
22. World Health Organization. Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug resistant tuberculosis. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2006. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241546956_eng.pdf (accessed April 8, 2009).
23. Dean G.L., Edwards S.G., Ives N.J., Matthews G., Fox E.F., Navaratne L., et al. Treatment of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 16 (2002) 75-83
24. Rathinam S.R., and Lalitha P. Paradoxical worsening of ocular tuberculosis in HIV patients after antiretroviral therapy. Eye 21 (2007) 667-668
25. DHHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1- infected adults and adolescents. Department of Health and Human Services. November 3, 2008, p. 52-4. Available at: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf (accessed November 2008).