Molluscum contagiosum in an immune reconstituted AIDS patient
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- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 87 (11) , 1427-1428
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.87.11.1427
Abstract
A 46 year old Hispanic female presented with a history of burning, tearing, and itching of her left eye for 1 month. Three years earlier she had been diagnosed with AIDS during a hospital admission for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). At that time her CD4 count had been 27×106/l and her viral load 905 000. After 3 months of HAART with combivir, norvir, and fortovase her viral load dropped to 15 000 and her CD4 count rose to 184×106/l. Her viral load became undetectable 6 months after initiation of therapy and has remained so for 2½ years. Her recent CD4 count was 435×106/l.Keywords
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