...Christophe Baudouin; Christophe Chassain; Catherine Caujolle; Pierre Gastaud Purpose: Intravitreal injections of ganciclovir provide a useful adjunct or alternative treatment for cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients when toxicity or progression is seen with systemic administration...

... neuritis to that of a group having CMV retinitis alone, with both groups matched for ganciclovir therapy. Four untreated eyes had a median final visual acuity of no light perception. The median final visual acuity was 20/100 in treated subjects with a mean follow-up of 6.6 months. Following ganciclovir...

...B.A. Lafaut; R.N.G. Vianna; F. de Baets; F. Meire A benign course of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is reported in a young patient with selective immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) deficiency, after corticosteroid treatment for inflammatory pulmonary disease. IgG2 deficiency is a specific disorder...

...) Bilateral Necrotizing Retinitis Complicating Fatal Encephalitis Probably due to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 C . H. Greer Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Melbourne, Vic. Key Words. Retinitis Encephalitis Herpes simplex virus Abstract. The clinical history, autopsy findings and ocular pathology...

...Shin Fukami; Masato Wakakura; Jiro Inouye Purpose: To report an unusual case of retinitis caused by influenza virus. Case: A 30-year-old male claimed partial color blindness after recovery from influenza encephalitis. Visual acuity was 0.3 in the right eye and 0.03 in the left. An ophthalmoscopic...

...Rubens Camargo Siqueira; Aldo Cunha; Fernando Oréfice; Wesley Ribeiro Campos; Luiz Tadeu M. Figueiredo Purpose: To detect the cytomegalovirus (CMV) genome by PCR in the aqueous humor, blood leukocytes and vitreous of patients affected by retinitis and immune recovery uveitis (IRU). Methods: A PCR...