title: Role of the mantoux test and treatment with antitubercular therapy in a South Indian patient population of presumed intraocular tuberculosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the role of mantoux test and ATT in presumed intraocular tuberculosis in South India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of 51 records of patients with recurrent uveitis with a documented positive mantoux test and a minimum of 1 year followup from the time of initiation of ATT between January 1997 and May 2008. The main outcome measure was the recurrence of inflammation after 1 year of starting ATT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant reduction in the number of recurrences of uveitis post ATT (.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a definite role of ATT in latent TB with uveitis.
authors.affiliation: Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye clinic and Research center, Bangalore, India. kb_7375@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Satish
authors.forename: Om
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Subbakrishna
authors.forename: Krishna R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000592:standards*; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents