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Visual Morbidity in Ocular Tuberculosis – Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: Report #6

Agrawal, R; Gunasekeran, DV; Agarwal, A; Testi, I; Carreno, E; Westcott, M; Mahajan, S; ... Gupta, V; + view all (2020) Visual Morbidity in Ocular Tuberculosis – Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: Report #6. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 10.1080/09273948.2020.1774905. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Objective: Aim of the study was to examine extent, natural history, and clinical features associated with visual impairment (VI) in patients diagnosed with ocular tuberculosis (OTB) by the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1. Methods: Multi-center retrospective cohort study. Main outcomes were VI. Results: A total of 302 patients were included in the study, including 175 patients whose data related to BCVA were available throughout the 2 years of follow up. Mean BCVA grossly improved at 12, 18, and 24 months of follow-up (p < .001). Mean BCVA was worse at 12–18th month follow-up for patients treated with ATT versus patients who were not treated with ATT, but patients treated with ATT had a statistically significant improvement in BCVA at the 24-month endpoint. Conclusions: OTB is associated with significant visual morbidity, future well-designed prospective studies are warranted to establish the causal association between OTB and visual loss.

Type: Article
Title: Visual Morbidity in Ocular Tuberculosis – Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: Report #6
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1774905
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2020.1774905
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, uveitis, visual morbidity, visual impairment, blindness
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116077
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