[Criteria for the clinical cure of tuberculosis of the eye]. / O kriteriiakh klinicheskogo izlecheniia tuberkuleza glaz.

The results of examination were analyzed in 314 patients with tuberculosis of the eye, including 120 patients having its inactive phase. Tuberculin skin tests were performed in 31 patients; fluorescence angiography and photostress tests were conducted in 122 patients, and 120 patients underwent lacrimal fluid crystallography. To define the cure rate in tuberculosis of the eye, it is necessary to have a complex of criteria: no clinical signs of active tuberculous inflammation in the ocular tunics and environments; no clinical, X-ray, and laboratory manifestations of tuberculosis of other organs; no focal and significant overall reaction to tuberculin injected in doses of 2 and 50 TU. If there are contraindications to tuberculin skin tests to conclude whether the disease is cured, it is necessary to use fluorescence angiography of the fundus of the eye, lacrimal fluid crystallography, and/or photostress tests in combination with biochemical and immunological blood studies.

[Criteria for clinical recovery in ocular tuberculosis]. / Kriterii klinicheskogo islecheniia tuberkuleza glaz.

The paper analyzes the results of examination of 314 patients with ocular tuberculosis, 120 of them had quiescent tuberculosis. Thirty one patients underwent tuberculin tests; 122 had fluorescence angiography and photo stress test; 120, lacrimal crystallography. To determine the degree of recovery requires a complex of criteria: neither clinical signs of active tuberculous inflammation in the retina and medium of the eye, no clinical, X-ray, and laboratory manifestations of tuberculosis of other sites, or a focal and much significant overall response to tuberculin in doses of 2 TE and 50 TE. If there are contraindications to tuberculin tests, a conclusion on recovery should be made by using fluorescence angiography of the fundus of the eye, crystallography of the tear and/or photo stress test in combination with blood biochemical and immunological studies.

[Treatment effectiveness of patients with ocular tuberculosis at specialized sanatoria]. / Effektivnost' lecheniia bol'nykh tuberkulezom glaz v spetsializirovannykh sanatoriiakh.

The outcomes of treatment of 2908 patients with ocular tuberculosis who were treated at the Vyborg-3, Krasnyi Val, and Plyos sanatoria in 1993 - 1995 are analyzed. These sanatoria used the common guide in evaluating the efficacy of treatment, namely a separate assessment of the outcomes of treatment of the underlying and concurrent diseases. There were no statistical significant differences in therapeutical efficiency at these sanatoria. Therapeutical benefits were obtained in 99.8% of patients in the active phase of the disease.