Role of the Mantoux Test and Treatment with Antitubercular Therapy in a South Indian Patient Population of Presumed Intraocular Tuberculosis

Kalpana BabuVittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye clinic and Research center, Bangalore, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]

, MRCOphth (Lon),

Vidya SatishVittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye clinic and Research center, Bangalore, India

, DNB,

Om PrakashDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore, India

, DAB,

D.K. SubbaKrishnaDepartment of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

, PhD &

Krishna R MurthyVittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye clinic and Research center, Bangalore, India

, MRCOphth(lon)

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