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Ocular tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
52887
Concept ID:
C0041322
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Ocular Tuberculoses; Ocular Tuberculosis; Tuberculoses, Ocular; Tuberculosis, Ocular
SNOMED CT: Ocular tuberculosis (49107007); Tuberculosis of eye (49107007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006876

Definition

Tuberculous infection of the eye, primarily the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOcular tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Agrawal R, Testi I, Bodaghi B, Barisani-Asenbauer T, McCluskey P, Agarwal A, Kempen JH, Gupta A, Smith JR, de Smet MD, Yuen YS, Mahajan S, Kon OM, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V; Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study Consensus Group
Ophthalmology 2021 Feb;128(2):277-287. Epub 2020 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.052. PMID: 32603726
Testi I, Mahajan S, Agrawal R, Agarwal A, Marchese A, Curi A, Khairallah M, Leo YS, Nguyen QD, Gupta V
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2020 Oct 2;28(7):1099-1108. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1727533. PMID: 32162992
Figueira L, Fonseca S, Ladeira I, Duarte R
Rev Port Pneumol (2006) 2017 Jan-Feb;23(1):31-38. Epub 2016 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2016.10.004. PMID: 27988134

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bates B, Crowell EL
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2023 Nov 1;34(6):529-534. Epub 2023 Aug 18 doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000991. PMID: 37593994
Sainz de La Maza M, Hernanz I, Moll-Udina A, Mesquida M, Adan A, Martinez JA, Espinosa G, Llorenç V
Br J Ophthalmol 2023 Apr;107(4):495-499. Epub 2021 Nov 19 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319799. PMID: 34799367
Agrawal R, Testi I, Bodaghi B, Barisani-Asenbauer T, McCluskey P, Agarwal A, Kempen JH, Gupta A, Smith JR, de Smet MD, Yuen YS, Mahajan S, Kon OM, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V; Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study Consensus Group
Ophthalmology 2021 Feb;128(2):277-287. Epub 2020 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.052. PMID: 32603726
Testi I, Agrawal R, Mehta S, Basu S, Nguyen Q, Pavesio C, Gupta V
Indian J Ophthalmol 2020 Sep;68(9):1808-1817. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1451_20. PMID: 32823397Free PMC Article
Mehta S, Peters RP, Smit DP, Gupta V
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2020 Nov 16;28(8):1251-1258. Epub 2020 Aug 18 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1776882. PMID: 32809898

Diagnosis

Ludi Z, Sule AA, Samy RP, Putera I, Schrijver B, Hutchinson PE, Gunaratne J, Verma I, Singhal A, Nora RD, van Hagen PM, Dik WA, Gupta V, Agrawal R
Theranostics 2023;13(7):2088-2113. Epub 2023 Apr 1 doi: 10.7150/thno.81488. PMID: 37153734Free PMC Article
Agrawal R, Testi I, Bodaghi B, Barisani-Asenbauer T, McCluskey P, Agarwal A, Kempen JH, Gupta A, Smith JR, de Smet MD, Yuen YS, Mahajan S, Kon OM, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V; Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study Consensus Group
Ophthalmology 2021 Feb;128(2):277-287. Epub 2020 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.052. PMID: 32603726
Testi I, Agrawal R, Mehta S, Basu S, Nguyen Q, Pavesio C, Gupta V
Indian J Ophthalmol 2020 Sep;68(9):1808-1817. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1451_20. PMID: 32823397Free PMC Article
Ang M, Vasconcelos-Santos DV, Sharma K, Accorinti M, Sharma A, Gupta A, Rao NA, Chee SP
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2018;26(2):208-216. Epub 2016 Jul 5 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1178304. PMID: 27379384
Albert DM, Raven ML
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Nov;4(6) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0001-2016. PMID: 27837746Free PMC Article

Therapy

Banerjee M, Kaur I, Venkatesh P
Natl Med J India 2023 Sep-Oct;36(5):338. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_763_2022. PMID: 38759991
Agrawal R, Testi I, Bodaghi B, Barisani-Asenbauer T, McCluskey P, Agarwal A, Kempen JH, Gupta A, Smith JR, de Smet MD, Yuen YS, Mahajan S, Kon OM, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V; Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study Consensus Group
Ophthalmology 2021 Feb;128(2):277-287. Epub 2020 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.052. PMID: 32603726
Testi I, Agrawal R, Mehta S, Basu S, Nguyen Q, Pavesio C, Gupta V
Indian J Ophthalmol 2020 Sep;68(9):1808-1817. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1451_20. PMID: 32823397Free PMC Article
Ang M, Chee SP
Br J Ophthalmol 2017 Jan;101(1):6-9. Epub 2016 Nov 4 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309531. PMID: 27815270
Albert DM, Raven ML
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Nov;4(6) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0001-2016. PMID: 27837746Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Betzler BK, Gupta V, Agrawal R
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2021 Mar;49(2):146-160. Epub 2021 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/ceo.13847. PMID: 33429468
Abdisamadov A, Tursunov O
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2020 Sep;124:101963. Epub 2020 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.101963. PMID: 32745954
Abu El-Asrar AM, Abouammoh M, Al-Mezaine HS
Int Ophthalmol Clin 2010 Spring;50(2):19-39. doi: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3181d2ccb9. PMID: 20375860
Tabbara KF
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2007 Nov;18(6):493-501. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f06d2e. PMID: 18163002
Gupta V, Gupta A, Rao NA
Surv Ophthalmol 2007 Nov-Dec;52(6):561-87. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.08.015. PMID: 18029267

Clinical prediction guides

Agarwal M, Patnaik G, Agarwal S, Iyer G, Anand AR, Ar G, Biswas J, Zierhut M
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2022 May 19;30(4):915-924. Epub 2021 Jan 8 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1853176. PMID: 33416427
Zhong Z, Su G, Zhou Q, Meguro A, Takeuchi M, Mizuki N, Ohno S, Liao W, Feng X, Ding J, Gao Y, Chi W, Zhang M, Zuo X, Yang P
JAMA Ophthalmol 2021 Apr 1;139(4):415-422. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.6985. PMID: 33599689Free PMC Article
Jain S, Bajgai P, Kaur S, Dogra M, Sharma A, Sharma K, Katoch D, Dogra MR, Gupta V, Singh R
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2021 Jul 4;29(5):1002-1006. Epub 2020 Feb 21 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1714059. PMID: 32083986
Basu S, Elkington P, Rao NA
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2020 Sep;124:101961. Epub 2020 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.101961. PMID: 33010848
Rosen PH, Spalton DJ, Graham EM
Eye (Lond) 1990;4 ( Pt 3):486-92. doi: 10.1038/eye.1990.63. PMID: 2209914

Recent systematic reviews

Betzler BK, Putera I, Testi I, La Distia Nora R, Kempen J, Kon OM, Pavesio C, Gupta V, Agrawal R
Surv Ophthalmol 2023 Mar-Apr;68(2):241-256. Epub 2022 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2022.10.001. PMID: 36272559
Alli HD, Ally N, Mayet I, Dangor Z, Madhi SA
Surv Ophthalmol 2022 May-Jun;67(3):770-792. Epub 2021 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.10.001. PMID: 34626620
Song JH, Koreishi AF, Goldstein DA
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2019;27(6):998-1009. Epub 2018 Jul 3 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2018.1485958. PMID: 29969330
Kee AR, Gonzalez-Lopez JJ, Al-Hity A, Gupta B, Lee CS, Gunasekeran DV, Jayabalan N, Grant R, Kon OM, Gupta V, Westcott M, Pavesio C, Agrawal R
Surv Ophthalmol 2016 Sep-Oct;61(5):628-53. Epub 2016 Mar 10 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2016.03.001. PMID: 26970263Free PMC Article
Madge SN, Prabhakaran VC, Shome D, Kim U, Honavar S, Selva D
Orbit 2008;27(4):267-77. doi: 10.1080/01676830802225152. PMID: 18716964

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