Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in hypertensive anterior uveitis diagnosed with polymerase chain reaction

Abstract Aim of the study is to report the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in hypertensive anterior uveitis (AU) diagnosed with multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Eighty-eight eyes of 88 patients with hypertensive AU were enrolled from 2015 to 2019 in a tertiary center in Sou...

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Autores principales: Woong-Sun Yoo, Gyu-Nam Kim, Inyoung Chung, Min-Chul Cho, Yong Seop Han, Sang Soo Kang, Seung Pil Yun, Seong-Wook Seo, Seong-Jae Kim
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/00c3810c5912405582e864a6fc4b030a
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Sumario:Abstract Aim of the study is to report the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in hypertensive anterior uveitis (AU) diagnosed with multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Eighty-eight eyes of 88 patients with hypertensive AU were enrolled from 2015 to 2019 in a tertiary center in South Korea. All patients underwent multiplex PCR that was performed using aqueous humor samples collected at first visit to detect the DNA of six herpesviruses. Twenty-eight (31.8%) eyes were PCR positive. Herpes simplex virus was found in 6 (6.8%) eyes, varicella-zoster virus in 7 (8.0%) eyes, cytomegalovirus in 14 (15.9%) eyes, and Epstein–Barr virus in 1 (1.1%) eye. On multivariate regression analysis, PCR positivity was significantly associated with coin-shaped keratic precipitates (odds ratio (OR) = 6.01, P = 0.044). Recurrence and final visual acuity were significantly associated with a presumed diagnosis of viral endotheliitis (OR = 21.69, P = 0.04 and OR = 6.3, P = 0.004, respectively). This study showed the importance of PCR positivity, suggesting that identification of the virus through active PCR testing could affect the course, treatment, and prognosis of hypertensive AU.