Tuberculous uveitis: distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the retinal pigment epithelium

Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Dec;124(12):1777-9. doi: 10.1001/archopht.124.12.1777.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Panuveitis / microbiology*
  • Panuveitis / pathology
  • Panuveitis / surgery
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / microbiology*
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / pathology
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / surgery

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial