Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Ocular Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993–2019
Reported OTB increased during 1993-2019 despite decreasing TB, including EPTB; the largest increase occurred during 2010-2019. OTB was rarely laboratory confirmed and was primarily diagnosed in conjunction with IGRA results. More research is needed to understand the epidemiology of OTB to inform clinical and diagnostic practices.
Authors
- Thomas D. Filardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1077-9164)
- Henry Fraimow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-2294)
- Michael Croix
- Sonal S. Munsiff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-9163)
- Julie L. Self (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-7041)
- Aryn Andrzejewski
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (US)
- Epidemic Intelligence Service (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae476
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.69
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention