Assessment of prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with ocular tuberculosis

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a multisystemic disease showing many extrapulmonary presentations. TB uveitis is one of the common forms of extrapulmonary TB. The lung is still the first organ to be attacked by TB, and pulmonary TB is the only infectious form of the disease. Aim The aim o...

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Main Authors: Heba A Eshmawey, Eiman M Abd El Latif, Hadir A.S Okasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2019;volume=68;issue=1;spage=14;epage=23;aulast=Eshmawey