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Toxoplasma Uveitis in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Author(s) -

Hülya Devecı,

Şenol Kobak

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

turkish journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2146-3077

pISSN - 1300-6320

DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2013.48

Subject(s) - ankylosing spondylitis , medicine , uveitis , vitrectomy , trimethoprim , surgery , clindamycin , medical treatment , spondylitis , sulfamethoxazole , intermediate uveitis , visual acuity , dermatology , ophthalmology , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , anterior uveitis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

In this paper, a posterior uveitis case was reported in a patient who was being followed and under treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Toxoplasma antibodies were investigated and anti-toxoplasma IgG was positive. Systematic treatment (Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim and Clindamycin) was started. Despite medical treatment, reduction in visual acuity and development of dense membranous condensation in vitreous occurred. Surgical vitrectomy was performed. When posterior uveitis develops in patients who undergo immunosuppressive treatment, toxoplasma is among the first infectious agents that we should consider. A delay in diagnosis and treatment may result in failure in obtaining the desired outcome from medical treatment and a shift to surgical treatment.

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