title: Simultaneous ocular and systemic cysticercosis and tuberculosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pushker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.lastname: Rajpal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balasubramanya
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bajaj
mesh_terms: 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*