title: Rapidly blinding posterior tubercular uveitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 21-year-old female patient had chorioretinitis in the left eye which relapsed while being on anti-tubercular treatment and oral corticosteroids leading to blindness and the loss of the left eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing chorioretinitis showed a poor response, and the lung lesions showed a good response to the same anti-tubercular treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mycobacterium tubercle bacilli in the eye may show a poor response to the anti-tubercular drugs due to poor ocular penetration of the drugs secondary to early ocular hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Vitreoretina Services, Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, 5027-Kedar Nath Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Services, Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, 5027-Kedar Nath Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006, India.
authors.forename: Jyotirmay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
keywords: Blinding; Ocular tuberculosis; Posterior