Atypical ocular toxoplasmosis with concomitant ocular reactivation of Varicella-Zoster Virus and cytomegalovirus in an immunocompromised host;Atypische toxoplasmose-chorioretinitis mit begleitender Varizella-Zoster-Virus und zytomegalovirus-reaktivierung bei einem immunsupprimierten patienten

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-239

  Hasselbach, Heike Christine ^a,b   Fickenscher, H ^a   Nolle B ^a   Roider, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraocular inflammation; Microbiology; Retina

Indexed keywords

5 (2 BROMOVINYL) 2' DEOXYURIDINE; ACICLOVIR; CHLORAMBUCIL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR; ZOSTEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EYE BIOPSY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLINDNESS; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHORIORETINITIS; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OPTIC ATROPHY; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 42149157819     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027146     Document Type: Article

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