Study of ocular manifestations in tuberculosis and its association with HIV AIDS in a tertiary care hospital.
Indian J Tuberc
; 67(3): 320-326, 2020 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-32825858
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess and understand the prevalence and clinical presentation of ocular morbidity in patients suffering from tuberculosis and compare it with ocular involvement in patients coinfected with tuberculosis and HIV AIDS. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
This was a non-comparative, observational, cross sectional study done on 580 patients, who were diagnosed cases of tuberculosis, pulmonary or extrapulmonary, on or off treatment, visiting the Ophthalmology OPD, Tuberculosis OPD and ART Centre of the institute in the period from March 2015 to March 2018, screened for ocular morbidity.RESULTS:
Out of 580, 408 patients had only tuberculosis and 172 had tuberculosis with HIV AIDS. 108 patients were found to have ocular involvement (18.6%) out of which 63 were males and 45 were females. The prevalence of ocular morbidity in patients with only tuberculosis was found to be 16.4% and in those having both tuberculosis and HIV AIDS was found to be 23.8%.CONCLUSION:
Our study concludes that posterior uveitis, pan uveitis, periphlebitis and vitritis are the most common ocular manifestations in tuberculosis. In patients with both tuberculosis and HIV most common ocular findings included vitritis and herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Our study also concludes that lower CD4 counts (less than 200) in HIV AIDS patient is significantly associated with ocular involvement.Key words
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Panuveitis
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Tuberculosis, Ocular
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Year:
2020
Type:
Article