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How do you differentiate between ocular involvement due to active tuberculosis versus latent infection in a patient with uveitis and suspected tuberculosis?

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Ophthalmology · University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

The type of ocular involvement (phenotype) is important to determine if the uveitis is related to active tuberculosis [like the presence of a single choroidal granuloma, serpiginous-like choroidopathy or choroiditis (unifocal or multifocal)] vs. a patient with recurrent unilateral anterior uveitis. ...

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