Spontaneous and sustained resolution of CMV retinitis in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy
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- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 82 (7) , 841f
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.82.7.841f
Abstract
A 28 year old man with AIDS and a history of one positive blood culture for CMV and a CD4+ cell count of 13 cells ×106/l was placed on ritonavir, zidovudine, and lamivudine in April 1996. Within 2 months the CD4+ cell count increased to 65 cells ×106/l and the patient developed blurred vision and floaters in his left eye. Examination of the left eye revealed mild vitritis and a large area of retinal atrophy with several small haemorrhages at the border, consistent with inactive CMV retinitis (Fig1). The right eye was normal. He was placed on no anti-CMV therapy. The haemorrhages resolved and no new progression of the retinitis was observed.Keywords
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