title: Ocular morbidity in patients with active systemic tuberculosis.
abstract: The ocular morbidity pattern in 2010 eyes of 1005 patients with active pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis was studied prospectively. A complete clinical (ocular and systemic) examination, radiologic evaluation, Mantoux test and sputum analysis for acid-fast bacilli were carried out in all patients. The ocular morbidity in patients in this study with active tuberculosis was 1.39%. The most common ocular finding was bilateral healed focal choroiditis (50%). No case of Eales' disease was found in this series. There was no statistically significant correlation between the ocular lesions and Mantoux positivity.
authors.affiliation: Vision Research Foundation, Madras, India.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Badrinath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*