Ethambutol optic neuropathy

Ya-Nan Lyu; Yuan-Yuan Gong

doi:10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2019.2.12

Guoji Yanke Zazhi (Feb 2019)

Ethambutol optic neuropathy

Ya-Nan Lyu,
Yuan-Yuan Gong

Affiliations

Ya-Nan Lyu: Shanghai General Hospital; First People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Disease; Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine
Yuan-Yuan Gong: Shanghai General Hospital; First People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Disease; Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2019.2.12
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 240 – 243

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Ethambutol(EMB)has been used as first-line antibiotics to treat tuberculosis. Side effects of ethambutol have been well documented since its original use, with the most serious one being optic neuropathy. EMB-induced optic neuropathy(EON)may be reversible in the early stages, but delayed diagnosis has been shown to result in permanent visual loss. Thus the reversibility of EON is dependent on early detection. In this review, we discuss risk factors, detection methods, treatment and prevention of EON.

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ISSN: 1672-5123 (Print)
Publisher: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: http://ies.ijo.cn/

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