Comparative evaluation of chemotherapy efficacy in tuberculosis uveitis of di fferent locali zation
The chemotherapy results at the health resort stage of treatment in patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis uveitis and their relapses are presented, according to uveitis localization. 134 patients were included in the study: 63 with anterior uveitis, 71 - with chorioiretinitis. In chorioretinitis, positive treatment results were found to be significantly more frequent than in uveitis (80.3 % versus 63.5 %; р  0.05). In relapses, the efficacy of anterior uveitis treatment was significantly inferior to that in tuberculosis chorioretinitis (57.7 % versus 88.0 %; р < 0.05). Intraocular penetration of isoniazid in tuberculosis uveitis treatment by endoelectrophoresis is more effective than its peribulbar injections (р < 0.05).