Progressive outer retinal necrosis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: Successful management with intravitreal injections and monitoring with quantitative PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-259

  Yin, Philip D ^a,d   Kurup, Shree K ^b   Fischer, Steven H ^c   Rhee, Henry H ^e   Byrnes, Gordon A ^f   Levy Clarke, Grace A ^b   Buggage, Ronald R ^b   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^b   Mican, JoAnn M ^a   Wright, Mary E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IDSVA   (United States)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis syndrome; AIDS; HAART; HIV 1; retinitis; Varicella Zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA VIRUS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGY; MONITORING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE OUTER RETINAL NECROSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33847060938     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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