anti-brucella antibodies while rejecting the other common causes of uveitis. Patients with posterior uveitis or panuveitis have a poor prognosis. 9 The major complications of oph-

bulbi. 2-4,8,10-12 Standard treatment with administration of rifampin and doxycycline and in case of eye involvement with local and systemic corticosteroide for 2-4 weeks leads to considerable improvement. 4,5,12 Uveitis is the most common form of eye involvement and therefore, patients with uveitis in endemic areas for brucellosis should also be investigated for brucellosis. Since the patients with no ophthalmic symptoms still may have ophthalmic involvement, it is recommended that in endemic areas patients with systemic brucellosis should be thoroughly examined for ophthalmic involvement.