Tuberculosis-Related Retinal Vasculitis in an Immunocompetent Patient

In recent years, tuberculosis has reemerged as a serious public health problem, raising the possibility that rare manifestations of the disease, such as ocular tuberculosis, may also become more prevalent. We describe a previously healthy 31-year-old man with retinal vasculitis associated with syste...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1996-05, Vol.22 (5), p.873-874
Hauptverfasser:	Reny, Jean L., Challe, Georges, Geisert, Philippe, Aerts, Jean, Ziza, Jean M., Raguin, Gilles
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Eyes Fungal diseases Fungal infections Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunocompetence Infectious diseases Lesions Male Medical sciences Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nervous system diseases Ocular tuberculosis Retinal vasculitis Retinitis - diagnosis Retinitis - etiology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Ocular - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Ocular - etiology Vasculitis - diagnosis Vasculitis - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	In recent years, tuberculosis has reemerged as a serious public health problem, raising the possibility that rare manifestations of the disease, such as ocular tuberculosis, may also become more prevalent. We describe a previously healthy 31-year-old man with retinal vasculitis associated with systemic tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from a cervical lymph node biopsy specimen and sputum.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/clinids/22.5.873