Kyoung Lae Kim, Sung Pyo Park
CONTEXT: Tuberculosis in developed countries is on the rise, and the main treatment ethambutol is known to induce ocular toxicity. However, to date, there are unknown tests or protocols for detecting subclinical ethambutol-induced ocular toxicity, which is important as early detection is related to symptom reversibility. We defined the ethambutol induced ocular toxicity as stastically siginificant change of visual function which was induced by ethambutol. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify a visual function test for the early detection of subclinical ethambutol-induced ocular toxicity...
September 2016: Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology