Tubercular Uveitis: Nuggets from Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1
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Drug-resistant tubercular uveitis.
Tubercular uveitis (TBU) is a common cause of infectious uveitis in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Molecular diagnostic techniques are the cornerstone of diagnosis as of now, as culture positivity has never been reported to date. With increasing reports of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) from various extrapulmonary sites and in the light of a recent case report (1), there is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0927-3948,1744-5078
DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2019.1646774