Ocular lesions in 1,000 consecutive HIV-positive patients in India: A long-term study

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Sudharshan, Sridharan ^a   Kaleemunnisha, Sheikh ^a   Banu, Akbar Ashraf ^a   Shrikrishna, Sankaran ^a   George, Amala E ^a   Babu, B Rajesh ^a   Devaleenal, Bella ^b   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeshwaran ^b   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b YRG CARE   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; CMV retinitis; HIV; Immune recovery uveitis; Ocular lesions; Ocular TB

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; STEROID;

ACUTE RETINAL NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECOVERY UVEITIS; INDIAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; ABSCESS; COLOR VISION DEFECT; EYE ABSCESS; EYE CARE; FIBRINOUS ANTERIOR UVEITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; INFANT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872359883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-2     Document Type: Article

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