Ocular manifestations of Whipple’s disease
2 February 2024
| Lucy Osborne
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Granulomatous uveitis, Whipple’s disease, infectious uveitis, ocular infection, tropheryma whipplei
In this retrospective review of 217 patients with Whipple’s disease (WD), the authors reviewed the presentations of those with ocular manifestations. Ocular signs of WD are under recognised, frequently resulting in misdiagnosis and mismanagement. Mayo Data Explorer, a Mayo Clinic...
Three years of experience with quantiferon-TB Gold Testing in patients with uveitis
1 April 2015
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Epidemiology, gamma interferon release essay, infectious uveitis, quantiferon, tuberculosis
Quantiferon-TB Gold is a new alternative to the tuberculin skin test that utilises synthetic peptides representing M. tuberculosis antigens ESAT-6, CFP-10, TB7.7 and upon incubation with whole blood IFN-γ is released from pre-sensitised T cells and can be measured by...
Polymerase chain reaction evaluation of infectious multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis
1 December 2014
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Chain reaction, infectious, multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis, polymerase, tuberculosis, viral
This paper presents a retrospective review of infectious agents associated with multifocal serpiginous choroiditis (MSC) based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation and specific antimicrobial therapy. The study included 13 patients with MSC who were evaluated with PCR for the...
