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Ocular Co-infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Toxoplasma Gondii in an Immunocompetent Patient – A Case Report

Mamta Agarwala Uveitis & Cornea Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FRCS Edin,
Gazal Patnaikb Uveitis Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
, MD,
Vikas Khetanc Vitreoretinal Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
, MD &
Alejandra de-la-Torred NeURos Research Group, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, ColombiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0684-1989
, MD, PhDORCID Icon
Pages 1022-1026 | Received 18 Aug 2020, Accepted 03 Nov 2020, Published online: 05 Feb 2021

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