Clinical Study
The Value of Routine Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis of Intraocular Fluid Specimens in the Diagnosis of Infectious Posterior Uveitis
Table 4
Pre-PCR clinical diagnoses correlated with PCR positive results.
| Pretest diagnoses | Number | CMV | VZV | HSV | TG | MTB | CMV & VZV | CMV & TG | PCR +ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | Rate number | % |
| CMV | 70 | 51 | 4 | | 4 | | 1 | | 60 | 86% | NHR | 14 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | | 2 | | 10 | 71% | TG | 10 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | 20% | MTB | 7 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 14% | Syphilis | 5 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0% | IRU | 2 | | | | | | | | 0 | 0% | Unsure | 51 | 11 | 5 | | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 21 | 41% |
| Total | 159 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 59% |
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IRU: immune reconstitution uveitis.
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