Purpose : To discuss the definition and to determine the most logical intervention in treating patients with clinically foscamet resistant cytomgalovirus retinitis. Patients : Two patients with foscarnet clinically resistant cytomegalovims retinitis were followed in our department since june 1994. In these 2 patients, foscarnet was the first antiviral drug theraw civen for the treamxnt of cvtom...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a common AIDS-associated illness, leading to blindness in up to 30% of patients. This study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical management of the cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with AIDS in a large municipality of China. METHODS Clinical and laboratory data from 23 cytomegalovirus retinitis patients (35 eyes) out of 303 hospitalized AID...

Purpose : To discuss the definition and to determine the most logical intervention in treating patients with clinically foscamet resistant cytomgalovirus retinitis. Patients : Two patients with foscarnet clinically resistant cytomegalovims retinitis were followed in our department since june 1994. In these 2 patients, foscarnet was the first antiviral drug theraw civen for the treamxnt of cvtom...

to identify mental disorders and their prevalence in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (rp).this descriptive study was carried out between january 2009 and january 2010 on 417 patients with rp, who were members of iran rp center. the necessary data were collected using questionnaires consisting two parts: the background characteristics and questions assessing the mental health and screening pe...

TO THE EDITOR—Retinitis is the most common clinical manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, but there is irrefutable clinical [1] and autopsy [2] evidence that AIDS-related CMV retinitis is only part of a systemic infection. By virtue of this association with systemic disease, CMV retinitis both predicts and contributes to mortality [3], and sy...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is the most common cause of vision loss in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). CMV retinitis afflicted 25% to 42% of AIDS patients in the pre-highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era, with most vision loss due to macula-involving retinitis or retinal detachment. The introduction of HAART significantly decreased the incidence and sever...

Reports have appeared of abnormal copper metabolism in retinitis pigmentosa, and of a family with vitelliform retinal degeneration in which other members suffered from hepatolenticular degeneration. In the present study 15 patients with retinitis pigmentosa, 4 with various other retinal degenerations, and 1 with a family disposition to retinitis pigmentosa were examined. The copper concentratio...

Introduction: To describe the clinical manifestations and CD4 count characteristics of patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis.
 Methods: This is a retrospective study diagnosed CMV retinitis at Ophthalmology Outpatient Clinic Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, Malang, between January 2016 to December 2019. The patients’ data including gender, age, visual acuity, slit lamp biomicrosc...

A patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis developed immune recovery uveitis as a result of receipt of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Fibrovascular changes occurred in the CMV retinitis scar, were misdiagnosed as CMV retinitis reactivation, and were treated with anti-CMV medication. Fibrovascular membranes can be misdiagnosed as reactivated ...