Diagnosis
Infection of the uvea; I rely heavily on my ophthalmologist to tell me exactly where it is and draw me a picture as to whether it is an anterior uveitis including iridocyclitis and iritis, intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis or chorioretinitisa or a pan-uveitis.
Epidemiologic Risks
AIDS, IVDA, life.
Microbiology
Syphilis, Tuberculosis, Toxoplasmosis, CMV (HIV), Herpes simplex and Varicella-zoster virus (Acute Retinal Necrosis), Candida, Toxocara, Leptospirosis, Lyme Borrelia, Brucellosis (PubMed), Whipple's disease, Zika, HTLV-1and Bartonella (cat-scratch disease).
Sarcoid is the (perhaps) important non-infectious disease but many non-infectious diseases can involve the eye (Review).
Empiric Therapy
It depends on the organism.
Pearls
Syphilis is increasing as a cause of uveitis (PubMed).
Rifabutin causes uveitis.
Last Update: 03/19/19.