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Table 3 Distribution of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results based on pretest clinical diagnosis

From: Polymerase chain reaction test for diagnosis of infectious uveitis

Initial diagnosis

Site of sampling

PCR results

Aqueous

Vitreous

Negative

HSV

VZV

CMV

EBV

HTLV-1

Toxoplasma

Bacteria 16 S

Fungal 18 S

Viral anterior uveitis

19

0

14

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Viral etiology in Fuchs uveitis syndrome

8

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Viral etiology in Posner-Schlossman syndrome

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Necrotizing herpetic retinitis

19

3

3

0

15

4

0

0

0

0

0

CMV retinitis

22

6

9

0

3

14

0

0

0

0

2

Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Undifferentiated panuveitis

45

7

49

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Retinal vasculitis

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Chronic post-operative endophthalmitis

10

2

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Bacterial endogenous endophthalmitis

15

13

22

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Fungal endogenous endophthalmitis

8

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

8