Ocular toxoplasmosis associated with scleritis

We report an atypical presentation of Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis with associated scleritis in a young and immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis was done on the basis of Polymerase chain reaction of vitreous sample, and the clinical response to specific treatment. This case highlights the unusual...

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Autores principales: Kamath, Yogish S, Rathinam, S R, Kawali, Ankush
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23619485
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.111130
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description We report an atypical presentation of Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis with associated scleritis in a young and immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis was done on the basis of Polymerase chain reaction of vitreous sample, and the clinical response to specific treatment. This case highlights the unusual presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis as scleritis.
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spelling pubmed-37447842013-08-19 Ocular toxoplasmosis associated with scleritis Kamath, Yogish S Rathinam, S R Kawali, Ankush Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication We report an atypical presentation of Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis with associated scleritis in a young and immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis was done on the basis of Polymerase chain reaction of vitreous sample, and the clinical response to specific treatment. This case highlights the unusual presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis as scleritis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3744784/ /pubmed/23619485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.111130 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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