Simultaneous ocular and systemic cysticercosis and tuberculosis.
Human cysticercosis and tuberculosis are endemic diseases in developing countries. Both these diseases have certain common factors of origin. We would like to present the co-existence of these infections in a 20-year-old female. She was a known case of pulmonary and ocular tuberculosis and she acquired cysticercosis of the eye and brain.
Rani
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Oculoplastic and Pediatric Ophthalmology Services, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029, India.
Pushker
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Kulkarni
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Rajpal
Balasubramanya
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Bajaj
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D000328:Adult; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*