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Overview
Laboratory Findings
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Infectious Agents
Cytomegalovirus
Tuberculosis
- Testing methods for ocular tuberculosis include:
- Positive purified derivative skin testing
- Interferon-gamma release assay (QuantiFERON Gold TB Test)
- Isolation of acid-fast bacilli
Fungal
Candida albicans
Aspergillus fumigatus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Toxoplasmosis
- Serologic testing (ELISA)[2]
Syphilis
- Serologic testing
- Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) testing
- Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption testing (FTA-ABS)[2]
References
- ↑ Retinitis Pigmentosa. U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.genome.gov/13514348
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Infectious Retinitis: A Review. YACHNA AHUJA, MD · STEVEN M. COUCH, MD · RAYMUND R. RAZONABLE, MD · SOPHIE J. BAKRI, MD. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102293. Accessed April 13, 2016.