Infectious Causes of Uveitis

Frequency

Viruses or Infections

More common

HSV

Toxoplasmosis

VZV

Less common

Bartonellosis

Cytomegalovirus*

Histoplasmosis

Lyme disease

Pneumocystis jirovecii*

Syphilis

Toxocariasis

Tuberculosis

Rare

Aspergillus

Candida

Chikungunya virus

Coccidioidomycosis

Cryptococcus

Cysticercosis

Dengue

Ebola

Leprosy

Leptospirosis

Onchocerciasis

Tropheryma whippelii

West Nile virus

Zika virus

* Particularly in immunocompromised patients.

HSV = herpes simplex virus; VZV = varicella-zoster virus

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