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CMV Retinitis
/ Cytomegalovirus /
HIV-related retinal damage
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
(CMV)
A common herpes virus that is a common cause of opportunistic diseases
in persons with AIDS and other persons with immune suppression. Most adults in
the U.S. have been infected by CMV; however the virus does not cause disease in
healthy people. Because the virus remains in the body for life, it can cause disease
if the immune system becomes severely damaged or suppressed by drugs. While CMV
can infect most organs of the body, persons with AIDS are most susceptible to
CMV retinitis (disease of the eye). |
Incidence
of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Second Eyes of Patients with AIDS and Unilateral
CMV Retinitis - 6/17/05
In
Patients with AIDS and CMV Positive, Detection of CMV Viremia with Plasma
CMV DNA PCR Is Predictive of Death - 4/01/05
Optical
Coherence Tomography to Assess HIV Retinal Damage - 4/01/05
Toward
Defining the Incidence, Risk Factors and Long-term Outcome of a Unique, HAART-related
Disease: Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
- 3/11/05
New
Treatment Guidelines for Opportunistic Infections Recommend Valganciclovir for
AIDS-related CMV Retinitis
- 2/02/05
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