title: Pediatric Uveitis: Experience in Colombia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical features of uveitis in children treated at two ophthalmologic centers in Bogotá, Colombia, in a 13 year-period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational clinical record review of pediatric children with diagnosis of uveitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 310 children were evaluated, 51.9% were female, mean age of 10.1 years. Posterior uveitis was the most common location (58.7%), of insidious onset (87.4%) and chronic course (78.1%). The most common etiology was infection (58.4%) caused by toxoplasmosis (76.8%). There was a statistically significant difference in visual acuity between anterior (20/68) and intermediate uveitis (20/70), compared with posterior uveitis (20/434) (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first study to report the clinical features of pediatric uveitis in Colombia, where infectious etiologies are the leading cause. It will improve awareness and knowledge of pediatric uveitis in developing countries, and contribute to the development of public health policies of pediatric visual health. Received 12 September 2015; revised 23 February 2016; accepted 25 February 2016; published online 18 May 2016.
authors.affiliation: a Investigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|b Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lonngi
authors.affiliation: a Investigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|b Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: María Camila
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.affiliation: a Investigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|b Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: Hernán Andrés
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.affiliation: c Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, grupo GEPAMOL , Universidad del Quindío , Armenia , Colombia.
authors.forename: Cristhian H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Aristizábal-Duque
authors.affiliation: a Investigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|b Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|d Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Retina and Vitreous Department , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: a Investigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|b Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario , Department of Ophthalmology , Bogotá , Colombia.|e Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional , Immunology and Uveitis Department , Bogotá , Colombia.|f Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Immunology Service, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Pública , Universidad del Rosario , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de-la-Torre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014605:Uveitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity
keywords: Children; Colombia; South America; developing countries; pediatric uveitis; uveitis