Diagnosis requires a high level of suspicion for the disease as systemic signs and symptoms of infection may not be present and is made by exclusion of other causes of uveitis. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Management General treatment The treatment of tuberculosis uveitis involves treatment of the underlying infection, whether it manifests as pulmonary or disseminated systemic disease. [eyewiki.aao.org]

With the initiation of anti-tuberculous therapy prognosis is good and choroidal lesions can resolve completely. Serpiginous-like choroiditis has a poorer prognosis with little response to antituberculous therapy or corticosteroids. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Etiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the acid-fast-staining obligate aerobe responsible for the disease, which is characterized by granuloma formation. It is transmitted most commonly via aerosolized droplets. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Pathophysiology Tuberculosis can affect the eye either primarily with active infection or secondarily as a result of immune reaction to the mycobacterium. The conjunctiva, cornea, and sclera are sites of primary ocular involvement. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Primary prevention Primary prevention for tuberculous uveitis involves prevention of exposures to actively infected individuals, in order to prevent systemic infection. [eyewiki.aao.org]