TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of Intraocular Infections in HIV
AU - Testi, Ilaria
AU - Mahajan, Sarakshi
AU - Agrawal, Rupesh
AU - Agarwal, Aniruddha
AU - Marchese, Alessandro
AU - Curi, Andre
AU - Khairallah, Moncef
AU - Leo, Yee Sin
AU - Nguyen, Quan Dong
AU - Gupta, Vishali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/10/2
Y1 - 2020/10/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Opportunistic infections
KW - combined active retroviral therapy (cART)
KW - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
KW - intraocular infections
KW - ocular syphilis
KW - ocular toxoplasmosis
KW - ocular tuberculosis
KW - treatment
KW - viral retinitis
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U2 - 10.1080/09273948.2020.1727533
DO - 10.1080/09273948.2020.1727533
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32162992
AN - SCOPUS:85081724966
SN - 0927-3948
VL - 28
SP - 1099
EP - 1108
JO - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
JF - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
IS - 7
ER -