Tuberculous Scleritis and Multidrug Resistance
| Autor: | Manfred Zierhut, Mamta Agarwal, Gayathri Ar, Gazal Patnaik, Appakkudal R. Anand, Geetha Iyer, Jyotirmay Biswas, Shweta Agarwal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Antitubercular Agents Tuberculosis Ocular 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Anterior scleritis Humans Immunology and Allergy Sclerokeratitis Retrospective Studies Keratitis 030203 arthritis & rheumatology business.industry medicine.disease Dermatology Drug Resistance Multiple Multiple drug resistance Ophthalmology 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Female business Scleritis |
| Zdroj: | Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 30:915-924 |
| ISSN: | 1744-5078 0927-3948 |
| Popis: | To present a case of necrotizing sclerokeratitis in a patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and study the challenges in diagnosis and management of anterior tuberculous scleritis.Retrospective observational case report and review of anterior tuberculous scleritis.A 28-year-old woman, previously diagnosed as presumed tubercular panuveitis, presented with necrotizing sclerokeratitis and progressed to develop panophthalmitis. Laboratory investigations revealed multidrug-resistantDiagnosis of tuberculous scleritis is a challenge. Therapeutic failure must alert the clinician for drug resistance which is diagnosed early, can prevent the devastating outcomes. |
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