PURPOSE: To report the epidemiology of uveitis in two urban centers in South India. METHODS: Case records seen between January 2014 and December 2014 at two tertiary eye centers in South India were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 1123 patients in the study population had uveitis. Anterior uveitis was seen in 48.9%, posterior in 20.5%, intermediate in 17.3%, and panuveitis in 13.3%. Of these cases, 68.4% were acute uveitis. Pediatric uveitis constituted 6.9% patients. Tuberculosis was the commonest infectious etiology. CONCLUSIONS: Idiopathic uveitis was highest in non-infectious and tuberculosis in infectious etiology. Toxoplasmosis was seen in the pediatric age group.
PURPOSE: To report the epidemiology of uveitis in two urban centers in South India. METHODS: Case records seen between January 2014 and December 2014 at two tertiary eye centers in South India were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 1123 patients in the study population had uveitis. Anterior uveitis was seen in 48.9%, posterior in 20.5%, intermediate in 17.3%, and panuveitis in 13.3%. Of these cases, 68.4% were acute uveitis. Pediatric uveitis constituted 6.9% patients. Tuberculosis was the commonest infectious etiology. CONCLUSIONS:Idiopathic uveitis was highest in non-infectious and tuberculosis in infectious etiology. Toxoplasmosis was seen in the pediatric age group.
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Uveitis epidemiology; infectious uveitis; tubercular uveitis; urban South India; uveitis clinical features
Authors: Erika Marie Damato; Sarah Dawson; Xiaoxuan Liu; Chandoshi Mukherjee; John Horsburgh; Alastair K Denniston; Edward Moran; Martin Dedicoat; Philip Ian Murray Journal: J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Date: 2017-12-04