Role of the mantoux test and treatment with antitubercular therapy in a south indian patient population of presumed intraocular tuberculosis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Babu, Kalpana ^a   Satish, Vidya ^a   Prakash, Om ^b   Subbakrishna, D K ^c   Murthy, Krishna R ^a  

^a Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre   (India)

^b St Martha's Hospital   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antitubercular therapy; Latent tuberculosis; Mantoux test; Recurrences; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350169938     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273940902999349     Document Type: Article

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