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These biomarkers provide high sensitivity and specificity for TB diagnosis in a TB endemic setting.
Therefore in TB endemic areas one should suspect TB when patients with chronic respiratory diseases deteriorate.
India carries 24%% of the global total TB cases, which is highest among TB endemic countries [ 1].
Among the high TB endemic countries, there is increasing literature available on sarcoidosis from India.
However, new cases of sarcoid are increasingly diagnosed in TB endemic areas in recent years due to increased awareness and better availability of diagnostic modalities.
OTb, though rare, should form a part of the differential diagnosis of orbital lesions in a high tuberculosis (TB) endemic country like ours.
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TST available in 17 patients with prior TB from TB-endemic countries.
TSPOT available in 12 patients with prior TB from TB-endemic countries.
For these reasons screening for active TB is recommended for patients with HIV living in TB-endemic regions.
Intraocular tuberculosis (IOTB) is a form of extrapulmonary TB and has been reported to be the most common etiology of infectious uveitis in TB-endemic regions [1 3].
Unlike the developed world, we do not have enough evidence regarding the interpretation of this test in TB-endemic areas.
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