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MANAGEMENT OF INTRAOCULAR INFECTIONS IN HIV
Testi, Ilaria et al. | Date Issued: 2020
Author
Testi, Ilaria
Mahajan, Sarakshi
Agrawal, Rupesh
Agarwal, Aniruddha
Marchese, Alessandro
Curi, Andre
Khairallah, Moncef
Leo, Yee Sin
Nguyen, Quan Dong
Gupta, Vishali
Affilliation
NHS Foundation Trust. Moorfields Eye Hospital. London, UK.
Stanford University. Byers Eye Institute. Palo Alto, CA, USA.
NHS Foundation Trust. Moorfields Eye Hospital. London, UK / Tan Tock Seng Hospital. National Healthcare Group Eye Institute. Singapore / Singapore Eye Research Institute. Singapore.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Advanced Eye Centre. Chandigarh, India.
University Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Scientific Institute San Raffaele. Department of Ophthalmology. Milan, Italy.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa de Doenças Infecciosas em Oftalmologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Monastir. Faculty of Medicine. Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology. Monastir, Tunisia.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital. National Center for Infectious Disease. Singapore.
Stanford University. Byers Eye Institute. Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Advanced Eye Centre. Chandigarh, India.
Abstract
Purpose: Overview of treatment options for the most common intraocular opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including ocular syphilis, ocular tuberculosis, toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, and viral retinitis. Method: Narrative Review. Results: Despite the huge advances in the development of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) for the management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, opportunistic infections still represent a significant diagnostic dilemma and cause of ocular morbidity in patients with HIV. Conclusion: Although the treatment of intraocular infections in patients with AIDS may be challenging, prompt assessment of the clinical features and appropriate aggressive management of the underlying etiology are critical to avoid life and vision threatening.
Keywords
Opportunistic infections
Combined active retroviral therapy (cART)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Intraocular infections
Ocular syphilis
Ocular toxoplasmosis
Ocular tuberculosis
Treatment
Viral retinitis
 
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Taylor & Francis
Citation
TESTI, Ilaria et al. Management of Intraocular Infections in HIV. Ocular immunology and inflammation, v. 28, n. 7, p. 1099-1108, 2020.
DOI
10.1080/09273948.2020.1727533
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0927-3948