Longitudinal analysis of serum cytokine profile among patients with tubercular multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis: a pilot study.
Aniruddha Kishandutt AgarwalAnkit DeokarRavi SharmaNirbhai SinghKanika AggarwalSuryaprakash SharmaRamandeep SinghAman SharmaKusum SharmaRupesh V AgrawalReema BansalVishali GuptaPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2018)
Baseline and serial levels of inflammatory serum cytokines may help in predicting the response to ATT and corticosteroids in TB MSC. Patients with paradoxical worsening may show rise in pro-inflammatory cytokines after initiation of ATT indicating higher bacillary load.