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The Rarest Disease of Indian Community: Ocular TuberculosisBy Kavita Verma, Nitasha Sharma
Abstract: Tuberculosis is an ancient disease and we can find its description in the ancient Buddhist and Chinese writings. Ocular tuberculosis is an extrapulmonary mycobacterial infection with variable manifestations. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a gram-positive, acid-fast bacillus (AFB) which spreads from person to person through airborne droplets. Prevalence of ocular tuberculosis in India is 0.4–9.8%. The term “ocular TB” describes an infection by the M. tuberculosis species that can affect any part …
Published in International journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 29–33 Read article →