A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab
The reported occurrence of ocular infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections has been increasing in the past few decades. NTM are known to cause intraocular infections as well as infections of the ocular appendages and are often recalcitrant to medical therapy. Uveal involvement d...
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| author | Rajesh Venkitakrishnan Leya Sara George Anabi Shahi Sheena Liz Mani Jolsana Augustine Divya Ramachandran Anand Vija |
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| description | The reported occurrence of ocular infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections has been increasing in the past few decades. NTM are known to cause intraocular infections as well as infections of the ocular appendages and are often recalcitrant to medical therapy. Uveal involvement due to NTM is rare and most reported cases have predisposing factors such as cataract surgery or immunocompromised states. Diagnosis and treatment pose challenge due to difficulty in procuring sufficient clinical material to obtain microbial diagnosis and inadequate response to medical therapy. The clinical challenge is further heightened in the presence of an underlying rheumatologic disease that is known to cause uveitis. We share the case of a young gentleman with ankylosing spondylitis who was being treated with secukinumab with good response to joint symptoms. He developed sudden onset uveitis which was diagnosed to be due to NTM infection based on aqueous humor polymerase chain reaction studies. He had a good clinical response to an empirical anti-mycobacterial regime with the restoration of vision. This report narrates the first case of NTM uveitis secondary to secukinumab therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c16f238e5d7b48cfb8e1621ec71f33362022-12-22T03:31:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology2212-55312212-554X2022-01-0111112612910.4103/ijmy.ijmy_226_21A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumabRajesh VenkitakrishnanLeya Sara GeorgeAnabi ShahiSheena Liz ManiJolsana AugustineDivya RamachandranAnand VijaThe reported occurrence of ocular infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections has been increasing in the past few decades. NTM are known to cause intraocular infections as well as infections of the ocular appendages and are often recalcitrant to medical therapy. Uveal involvement due to NTM is rare and most reported cases have predisposing factors such as cataract surgery or immunocompromised states. Diagnosis and treatment pose challenge due to difficulty in procuring sufficient clinical material to obtain microbial diagnosis and inadequate response to medical therapy. The clinical challenge is further heightened in the presence of an underlying rheumatologic disease that is known to cause uveitis. We share the case of a young gentleman with ankylosing spondylitis who was being treated with secukinumab with good response to joint symptoms. He developed sudden onset uveitis which was diagnosed to be due to NTM infection based on aqueous humor polymerase chain reaction studies. He had a good clinical response to an empirical anti-mycobacterial regime with the restoration of vision. This report narrates the first case of NTM uveitis secondary to secukinumab therapy.http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2022;volume=11;issue=1;spage=126;epage=129;aulast=Venkitakrishnanankylosing spondylitisnontuberculous mycobacterial infectionsecukinumabuveitis |
| spellingShingle | Rajesh Venkitakrishnan Leya Sara George Anabi Shahi Sheena Liz Mani Jolsana Augustine Divya Ramachandran Anand Vija A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab International Journal of Mycobacteriology ankylosing spondylitis nontuberculous mycobacterial infection secukinumab uveitis |
| title | A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| title_full | A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| title_fullStr | A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| title_full_unstemmed | A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| title_short | A successful salvage story: Uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| title_sort | successful salvage story uveitis with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient on secukinumab |
| topic | ankylosing spondylitis nontuberculous mycobacterial infection secukinumab uveitis |
| url | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2022;volume=11;issue=1;spage=126;epage=129;aulast=Venkitakrishnan |
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