Role of the mantoux test and treatment with antitubercular therapy in a South Indian patient population of presumed intraocular tuberculosis.

AIM: To assess the role of mantoux test and ATT in presumed intraocular tuberculosis in South India.

MATERIALS &

METHODS

Retrospective study of 51 records of patients with recurrent uveitis with a documented positive mantoux test and a minimum of 1 year followup from the time of initiation of ATT between January 1997 and May 2008. The main outcome measure was the recurrence of inflammation after 1 year of starting ATT.

RESULTS

There was a significant reduction in the number of recurrences of uveitis post ATT (.000).

CONCLUSIONS

There is a definite role of ATT in latent TB with uveitis.