Clinical characteristics, visual acuity outcomes, and factors associated with loss of vision among patients with active ocular toxoplasmosis: A retrospective study in a Thai tertiary center.
Wantanee SittivarakulWanitcha TreerutpunUsanee TungsattayathitthanPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2024)
Ocular toxoplasmosis mainly presents as unilateral primary retinitis within the posterior pole. Severe VA loss was observed in one-fifth of eyes following treatment with lesion resolution. Immunocompromised patients, eyes with macular lesions, and poor initial VA were associated with poor VA outcomes.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- cataract surgery
- prognostic factors
- toxoplasma gondii
- type diabetes
- optic nerve
- early onset
- intensive care unit
- skeletal muscle
- single molecule
- combination therapy
- metabolic syndrome
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- drug induced