Similar findings have been demonstrated by studies in Singapore, the Netherlands, and the UK. Studies from India show that, in patients with vision-threatening uveitis with no identifiable cause and who have latent TB, the recurrence rate of uveitis is markedly reduced with concomitant ATT and uveitis treatment. The diagnosis of ocular TB warrants a strong index of suspicion and, when confirmed with ancillary tests, requires combined anti-inflammatory and anti-tubercular therapy (ATT). Multiplex, multi-targeted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for one or more MTB DNA-coding regions is the most common technique for diagnosis. Other techniques used in the detection of active TB, such as culture and lesion biopsy, have limited utility in ocular TB.
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Establishing a prior exposure to MTB utilizing tuberculin skin tests (TST), interferon gamma release assays (IGRA), chest X-ray, or high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) are relatively straightforward. Diagnosis of this entity is often presumptive and its management lacks uniform guidelines. With the increase in the global burden of TB, more patients are likely to be diagnosed with ocular TB. The pathogenesis of uveitis in these patients remains unclear and it is not certain, whether the uveitis results from a hypersensitivity response to TB organisms or from reactivation of latent ocular infection by MTB. Most times, however, there may not be clinical or histopathological evidence to suggest active ocular TB infection. Ocular TB may occur due to a direct invasion by TB mycobacteria, as evidenced by the positive culture or histopathology from involved ocular tissue. TB has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), as it remains the most common cause of mortality from any single infectious disease. In the year 2014, 9.6 million people were thought to be infected with TB globally and 1.1 million HIV-negative people died from TB. Nearly one third of the world’s population is infected, with an annual incidence of 126 per 100,000 persons. Once infected with the causative organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the individual is at highest risk of developing TB within the first 2 years, but can remain at risk for their lifetime. Tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-system disease with protean manifestations.