[Aids and chorioretinal opportunistic infections]

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1995:255:115-22.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Retrospective study of 19 cases of opportunistic infections of the chorioretina in patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. We observed 14 cases of CMV retinitis, 2 cases of toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, 1 case of cryptococcal choroiditis and 2 cases of herpes zoster retinitis. Review of the clinical, angiographical and histopathological aspects of these infections. Review of the vital and visual prognosis after treatment.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Chorioretinitis / parasitology
  • Choroiditis / microbiology
  • Cryptococcosis / diagnosis
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / complications