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Table 1 Current systemic infections agents as causes of active uveitis

From: Uveitis- a rare disease often associated with systemic diseases and infections- a systematic review of 2619 patients

Viral (n = 21)

Bacterial (n = 47)

Parasites (n = 7)

Fungal (n = 24)

VZV (n = 14)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 21)

Ascaris lumbricoides (n = 2)

Candida albicans (n = 22)

CMV (n=5)

Chlamydia trachomatis (n = 10)

Filaria (n=2)

Aspergillus fumigatus (n = 2)

Other (n=2)

Treponema pallidum (n = 9)

Giarda lamblia (n = 2)

 
 

Borrelia Burgdorferi (n = 7)

Plasmodium falciparum (n = 1)

 
  1. VZV: varicella virus infection; CMV: cytomegaly virus infection.