Diagnosis and Treatment of Tubercular Uveitis in Taiwan - Consensus of Expert Panels

ABSTRACT

There is currently a lack of guidelines with regard to tubercular uveitis (TBU) management in Taiwan. We therefore propose an evidence-based consensus on the management for TBU. The Taiwan Ocular Inflammation Society conducted a meeting that included nine ophthalmologist and one infection disease expert that focused on three broad areas of (1) nomenclature for TBU, (2) assessment and diagnosis for TBU, and (3) treatment of TBU. Brief literature review on TBU diagnosis and management was conducted that informed this panel meeting in order to make decisions on each consensus statements. In terms of our results, a consensus statements and recommendations for the diagnosis and management of TBU were developed. This consensus statement provides an algorithmic approach toward diagnosing and managing TBU. These statements are meant to enhance but not replace individual clinician–patient interactions and to facilitate real-world clinical practice improvement in terms of TBU patients care.

KEYWORDS:

• Antitubercular therapy
• consensus
• diagnosis
• Taiwan
• tubercular uveitis

Author contributions

Conceptualization: CJL, SJS

Data curation: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Formal analysis: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Investigation: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Methodology: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Project administration: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Resources: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Supervision: CJL, SJS

Validation: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Visualization: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Roles/Writing – original draft: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Writing – review & editing: CJL, NYH, NYH, DKH, YSH, YCC, YRH, PTY, CPL, AYH, MWH, SJS

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethics approval

The need for approval was waived due to the lack of any human trial participants.

Data availability statement

All data relevant to the study are included in the article. Additional unpublished data can be obtained from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.