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Diagnosis of Ocular Tuberculosis: A Role for New Testing Modalities?
2007
International ophthalmology clinics
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus (AFB) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually affects the lungs [pulmonary TB (PTB)], but it can also affect any other part of the body [extrapulmonary TB (EPTB)]. EPTB with no evidence of pulmonary involvement accounted for 21.1% of those with TB in 2005, which represents an increase from 16% in 1992. 1 The increase in the proportion of TB cases that are HIV coinfected has contributed to this increase in EPTB. 2 The general
doi:10.1097/iio.0b013e318074de79
pmid:17667275
fatcat:sanr3bfezfdxlkyhqshpapmgta