Cytomegalovirus retinitis
Treatment outcomes of reduced dose intravitreal ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus retinitis
... institutional review board of Siriraj Hospital, and adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Patients over 18 years of age with CMVR were recruited. Exclusion criteria included previously treated CMVR or ...
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Comparison of Cytomegalovirus Loads in Plasma and Leukocytes of Patients with Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
... The Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and Viral Resistance Study is a prospective epidemiologic study of patients with CMV retinitis and AIDS ...CMV retinitis and were untreated prior to enroll- ...
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Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 (SOCS1) and SOCS3 Are Stimulated within the Eye during Experimental Murine Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Mice with Retrovirus-Induced Immunosuppression
... human cytomegalovirus retinitis remains the leading cause of blindness among untreated HIV/AIDS patients ...(MCMV) retinitis with retrovirus-induced murine AIDS (MAIDS) that mimics the progression of ...
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Good syndrome and other causes of cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV-negative patients—case report and comprehensive review of the literature
... developed cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) in the setting of Good syndrome — a rare, acquired partial immune deficiency caused by ...the retinitis with antiviral ...
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Acute Progressive Visual Loss in a Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges in the Utility of Molecular Tests in Early Diagnose of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
... “Cytomegalovirus retinitis in three pediatric cases with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: case series and review of the literature,” Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, ...
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A possible coincidence of cytomegalovirus retinitis and intraocular lymphoma in a patient with systemic non Hodgkin’s lymphoma
... It is critical to differentiate lymphomatous chorioret- inal infiltration from opportunistic CMV infection in order to obtain an accurate diagnosis and initiate effect- ive treatment in patients with non-Hodgkin’s ...
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Posterior subhyaloid precipitates in cytomegalovirus retinitis
... A 50-year-old HIV-positive African-American male, with CD4 count of 46 cells/ml, presented with sudden floaters in the left eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye. Slit lamp examination ...
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Valganciclovir in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV-infected patients
... Peripheral Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Trial suggested the effectiveness of both high-dose and low-dose cidofovir in controlling CMV retinitis when given as intravenous infusions ...CMV ...
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Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in an Infant With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
... cytomegalovirus retinitis in the German liter- ature’2, ocular manifestations of AIDS in children have not previously been described, although they may be seen in as many as 94% of adult[r] ...
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Case of cytomegalovirus retinitis aggravated by sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide with subsequent metastatic liver cancer
... CMV retinitis was associated with his known risk factors of diabetes and old ...of retinitis in patients with these risk ...patient’s retinitis had been aggravated by sub-Tenon injection of ...
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Loss of the Perforin Cytotoxic Pathway Predisposes Mice to Experimental Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
... MCMV retinitis demonstrated high levels of detectable perforin ...MCMV retinitis demonstrated significantly lower levels of de- tectable perforin mRNA (P ⬍ ...
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Prevalence and clinical management of cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients in shanghai, china
... CMV viral load was quantified with the real-time PCR assay to explore whether the level of CMV viral load in blood was correlated to the severity of CMV retinitis in this study. There was limitation to detect the ...
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Relationship between haemorheological factors and cytomegalovirus load in the blood with cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
... Human cytomegalovirus infection has evolved many mechanisms to evade and interfere with the host’s immune responses, including reduction in cell surface expression of major histocompatability complex (MHC) class ...
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Autophagy protects against retinal cell death in mouse model of cytomegalovirus retinitis
... mice were used in this study to investigate the autophagic and apoptotic response of MCMV retinitis and the effect of autophagy on MCMV infection. Atg5 encodes autophagy protein 5, required for formation of ...
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Initial intravitreal injection of high-dose ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV-negative patients
... corrected visual acuity), applanation tonometry, biomi- croscopy of anterior segment and funduscopy. BCVA was measured using a decimal chart and was converted into LogMAR for computing purposes; a value of 2.6 LogMAR ...
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Retinal arteriolar occlusions due to cytomegalovirus retinitis in elderly patients without HIV
... After 1 week, the retinitis appeared to resolve, but one month later, vision dropped to 20/200. Intraocular pres- sure was 32 mmHg with 1+ anterior chamber cell and flare and 2+ vitreous cells. Fundus examination ...
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Optimal management of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS
... the retinitis. Since retinitis usu- ally recurs when the ganciclovir implant empties, many surgeons either replace the implant after 32 weeks or, to avoid reopening the previous incisions, place an ...
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Evidence For Multiple Cell Death Pathways during Development of Experimental Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Mice with Retrovirus-Induced Immunosuppression: Apoptosis, Necroptosis, and Pyroptosis
... MCMV retinitis in methylprednisolone acetate-immunosuppressed BALB/c mice was then provided by several studies from Atherton’s laboratory (6, 74, ...MCMV retinitis, apoptosis overall surprisingly ...
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Outcomes of cytomegalovirus retinitis-related retinal detachment surgery in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients in an Asian population
... active retinitis, there is still progres- sion of the disease albeit at a slower ...active retinitis at the time of sur- gery, the area of retinitis will continue to spread beyond areas of retinopexy ...
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Antineurofilament and antiretinal antibodies in AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis.
... Sera obtained from AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis before and after treatment with foscarnet, AIDS patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) retinopathy, AIDS p[r] ...
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