Uveitis with occult choroiditis due to Mycobacterium kansasii: Limitations of interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) tests (case report and mini-review on ocular non-tuberculous mycobacteria and IGRA cross-reactivity)

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 499-506

  Kuznetcova, Tatiana I ^a,b   Sauty, Alain ^c,d   Herbort, Carl P ^a,d  

^a Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care COS   (Switzerland)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Morges Hospital   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Choroiditis; IGRA tests; Indocyanine green angiography; Mycobacterium kansasii; Presumed ocular tuberculosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BRINZOLAMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; INDOMETACIN; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIFAMPICIN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; REVIEW; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CHOROIDITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII;

EID: 84867878147     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-012-9588-3     Document Type: Review

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