Clinical Features and Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Ocular Tuberculosis from the Netherlands and Indonesia: The OculaR TB in Low versus High Endemic Countries (ORTEC) Study.

Ikhwanuliman PuteraJosianne C E M Ten BergeAlberta A H J ThiadensWillem A DikRupesh AgrawalP Martin van HagenRina La Distia NoraSaskia M Rombach

Published in: Ocular immunology and inflammation (2024)

Despite a more severe initial clinical presentation in the Indonesian cohort, the overall treatment outcomes of OTB was comparable in both cohorts. Three baseline clinical features were identified as predictors of treatment outcomes.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
early onset
optic nerve
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv infected