One Case of Direct Evidence’s peripheral ulcerative keratitis with Tuberculosis
Yajie Gong, Keke Huang, Jun Huang, Shuang Wang
Research Square · 2024-01
Abstract
Abstract Compared with intraocular tuberculosis (TB), ocular tuberculosis (OTB) with ocular surface involvement is rare. Corneal involvement in OTB can be characterized by interstitial keratitis or peripheral ulcer-ative keratitis(PUK). We report a case of PUK with direct basis as the sign of tuberculosis. The corneal ulcer scraping was performed and mycobacterium TB DNA polymerase chain reaction(PCR) was positive.After a month of oral anti tuberculosis treatment, the corneal ulcer was completely controlled.
MeSH terms
- Keratitis
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Ocular tuberculosis
- Polymerase chain reaction
- Peripheral
- Dermatology
- Corneal ulceration
- Pathology