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Primed Mycobacterial Uveitis (PMU) as a Model for Post-Infectious Uveitis
Published on: December 17, 2021
[The ocular tuberculosis epidemic situation in the Sverdlovsk Region]
Abstract:
In the Sverdlovsk Region the proportion of extrapulmonary tuberculosis reduced from 9.7 +/- 0.2% in the 1990s to 3.8 +/- 0.2% in 2001-2007. The notified cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis do not reflect the real situation. Ocular tuberculosis (9.6 +/- 0.49%) ranked fourth in the pattern of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, next to tuberculosis of the urinary tract (48.9 +/- 0.83%), peripheral lymph nodes (20.3 +/- 0.67%), and bones and joints (15.8 +/- 0.6). In 2001-2007, there was a rise in ocular tuberculosis morbidity and proportions in the pattern of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, the highest morbidity (0.75 per 100,000 population) being registered in the large towns of the Sverdlovsk Region. Uveitis amounted to 90.9 +/- 1.47% among all the clinical forms of ocular tuberculosis, posterior ocular vascular tunic lesion being most common (56.97 +/- 5.97 to 71.8 +/- 7.2%). In 2001-2007, there was an increase in the common forms of tuberculous uveitis up to 10.6 +/- 2.89%.
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