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Association between intermediate uveitis and toxocariasis in the Korean population
- Source :
- Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
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Abstract
- The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of ocular toxocariasis (OT) presenting with intermediate uveitis in the Korean population. We studied intermediate uveitis patients using ocular and systemic evaluations and a Toxocara IgG serology test. Of 50 intermediate uveitis patients, 19 were seropositive for Toxocara IgG. Of the 19 OT patients, 4 presented with recurrence within 6 months and were significantly younger than nonrecurrence patients (P = 0.009). Thirteen patients had a history of eating raw cow liver. There were 14 males and 5 females in the OT group, and 11 males and 20 females in the non-OT group (P = 0.009). There was bilateral involvement in 7 out of 19 patients in the OT group, and 20 out of 31 patients in non-OT group (P = 0.033). Intermediate uveitis patients in OT were predominately male and had more unilateral presentation than non-OT patients.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Ocular toxocariasis
medicine.medical_specialty
030231 tropical medicine
Observational Study
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Serology
ocular toxocariasis
raw cow liver
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Raw Foods
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Republic of Korea
medicine
Animals
Humans
Aged
Toxocariasis
business.industry
Korean population
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Dermatology
eye diseases
intermediate uveitis
Liver
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Intermediate uveitis
Cattle
Female
business
Uveitis, Intermediate
Uveitis
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00257974
- Volume :
- 96
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....35fa30784ea395d7e246a087d902c703