title: Ocular tuberculosis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence and clinical features of ocular tuberculosis in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Detailed history and ocular examination of 46 patients (92 eyes) in the outpatient department of an AIDS clinic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen of 46 (36.9%) patients had clinical and radiological evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Of these, four (23.5%) showed findings consistent with ocular tuberculosis. Lesions included tubercles (1 eye of 3 patients) and chorioretinitis (1 eye of 1 patient). Commonly, these patients had evidence of abdominal tuberculosis. Hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR), and disc edema were other non-tubercular AIDS-related lesions and were seen in seven of the remaining 42 patients (16.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ocular tuberculosis was a common finding in this study and was found in profoundly immunocompromised patients with disseminated tuberculosis. Diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis may help reduce HIV/tuberculosis co-infection mortality.
authors.affiliation: Lilavati Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India. doc@retinaconsultant.com
authors.forename: Salil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Ishwarprasad S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Gilada
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents