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Conjunctival and Corneal Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide especially in the developing world. However, its incidence is on a rise even in the Western world partly due to immigration from the developing countries and partly due to the opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [1, 2]. WHO gives an estimate that one third of the world’s population is infected with the tubercle bacilli. Further, new resistant strains have emerged which are difficult to treat and cause deep-seated infection [2]. Thus, the control of chronic and insidious infectious diseases such as Tb may become a daunting task, and it may continue to remain as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality with newer manifestations and previously unseen presentations.

Tuberculosis (Tb) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide especially in the developing world. However, its incidence is on a rise even in the Western world partly due to immigration from the developing countries and partly due to the opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [1, 2]. WHO gives an estimate that one third of the world’s population is infected with the tubercle bacilli. Further, new resistant strains have emerged which are difficult to treat and cause deep-seated infection [2]. Thus, the control of chronic and insidious infectious diseases such as Tb may become a daunting task, and it may continue to remain as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality with newer manifestations and previously unseen presentations.

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Sharma, N., Aron, N. (2017). Conjunctival and Corneal Tuberculosis. In: Kumar, A., Chawla, R., Sharma, N. (eds) Ocular Tuberculosis. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57520-9_12

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