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Table 1 Results of polymerase chain reaction and serologic tests in patients with uveitis

From: Clinical utility of aqueous humor polymerase chain reaction and serologic testing for suspected infectious uveitis: a single-center retrospective study in South Korea

 

Pathogen

Anatomical classification of uveitis

Anterior uveitis

(N = 34)

Intermediate uveitis

(N = 10)

Posterior uveitis

(N = 22)

Panuveitis

(N = 292)

Total

(N = 358)

PCR

HSV

2

0

0

1

3

VZV

1

0

0

16

17

CMV

7

0

1

59

67

EBV

0

0

0

2

2

T. gondii

0

0

0

10

10

Diagnostic positivity

10/34 (29%)

0/10 (0%)

1/22 (5%)

88/292 (30%)

99/358 (28%)

Serum IgM

HSV

1

1

0

11

13

VZV

1

0

0

11

12

CMV

0

0

0

7

7

EBV

0

0

0

4

4

T. gondii

0

0

0

2

2

Diagnostic positivity

2/34 (6%)

1/10 (10%)

0/22 (0%)

35/292 (12%)

38/358 (11%)

  1. Results are presented as N or N (%); PCR polymerase chain reaction, IgM immunoglobulin M, HSV herpes simplex virus, VZV varicella-zoster virus, CMV cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, T. gondii Toxoplasma gondii