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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Among People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Cytomegalovirus retinitis has remained an alarming and potentially vision-threatening opportunistic disease in the population living with HIV, especially in cases of extreme immunosuppression.
Mohamed Farah Ismail, Intisar Khalafalla, Zakaria Omar Sheck, Fathi Abdi Farah, Abdikarim Ahmed Warsame, Ibrahim Abdirahman Mohamed, Amina Mohamed Mire, Bahja Ahmed Mumin   +7 more
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Intravitreal foscarnet is an effective adjunct after systemic therapy failure in pediatric antiviral-resistant cytomegalovirus retinitis [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
This report describes the case of a school-aged male child with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed cytomegalovirus retinitis despite systemic antiviral therapy.
Iden Amiri, Pooja Shah, Mohammad Soleimani, Alice Yang Zhang   +3 more
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Presumptive Cytomegalovirus Retinitis as a Complication of Dyskeratosis Congenita: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Introduction: Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the skin, nails, and oral mucosa. Retinal involvement in this condition is uncommon.
Yuxi Du, Yalong Dang
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Case Report: Cytomegalovirus-specific T-lymphocyte infusion for resistant cytomegalovirus retinitis [PDF]

Frontiers in Ophthalmology, 2023
PurposeWe hereby describe a case of persistent cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia and retinitis following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) that was successfully treated with infusion of CMV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) despite ...
Tal Saban, Liat Shargian, Maya Eiger-Moscovitch, Susan Prockop, Susan Prockop, Ekatarina Doubrovina, Ekatarina Doubrovina, Moshe Yeshurun, Moshe Yeshurun, Michal Kramer, Michal Kramer   +10 more
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Optimal management of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2010
Michael W StewartDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mayo School of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USAAbstract: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is the most common cause of vision loss in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Michael W Stewart
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Pre-Transplant Platelet Refractoriness and Alternative Donors Are Associated With Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Aplastic Anemia

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundCytomegalovirus retinitis is a severe, vision-threatening opportunistic infection in an immunodeficient population. Reports on cytomegalovirus retinitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients due to severe aplastic anemia have been ...
Yuehong Zhang, Yuqin Liang, Xu Zhang, Shunqing Wang, Jinpeng Cao, Jinpeng Cao, Zongyin Gao, Ling Li, Wenjian Mo   +8 more
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A Mouse Model That Mimics AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis: Insights into Pathogenesis

Pathogens, 2021
With the appearance of the worldwide AIDS pandemic four decades ago came a number of debilitating opportunistic infections in patients immunosuppressed by the pathogenic human retrovirus HIV.
Jay J. Oh, Jessica J. Carter, Richard D. Dix   +2 more
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Belatacept associated - cytomegalovirus retinitis in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature

BMC Ophthalmology, 2020
Background To report the first case of belatacept-associated multidrug-resistant Cytomegalovirus retinitis in a kidney transplant recipient. Case presentation A 76-year-old African male renal allograft recipient was admitted for acute visual loss of the ...
Pierre-Guillaume Deliège, Justine Bastien, Laetitia Mokri, Charlotte Guyot-Colosio, Carl Arndt, Philippe Rieu   +5 more
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Long-term prophylaxis in an immunocompetent patient with Cytomegalovirus retinitis: a case report and review of literature

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2020
Background Cytomegalovirus retinitis is an infectious sight-threatening condition that usually occurs in immunosuppressed individuals, but rare cases of Cytomegalovirus retinitis have been reported in immunocompetent patients.
Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Kasra Cheraqpour, Elias Khalili Pour, Bahram Bohrani Sefidan   +3 more
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Antiviral therapy defiant mixed viral retinitis post hematopoietic allogeneic stem cell transplant

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is an uncommon presentation post allogeneic transplant and can be vision‐threatening. Our case demonstrates the occurrence of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) proven mixed viral retinitis (cytomegalovirus and varicella ...
Nadia Gabarin, Rohan Dadak, Mili Roy, Alexander J. Kaplan, Shariq Haider, Dina Khalaf   +5 more
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