THE ROLE OF METHOTREXATE IN RESOLVING OCULAR INFLAMMATION AFTER SPECIFIC THERAPY FOR PRESUMED LATENT SYPHILITIC UVEITIS AND PRESUMED TUBERCULOSIS-RELATED UVEITIS

In Brief Purpose: This study was designed to investigate whether the antiinflammatory and antiproliferative activity of oral and intravitreal methotrexate (MTX) suppresses intraocular inflammation in patients with presumed latent syphilitic uveitis and presumed tuberculosis-related uveitis. Methods: Interventional prospective study including three cases with presumed latent syphilitic uveitis treated with intravenous penicillin and oral MTX, and...