Routine Immediate Eye Examination at the Point of Care for Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Among Patients With a CD4 Count &lt;100 in Myanmar | Zendy

Win Le Shwe Sin | Zendy; Kyi Pyar Soe | Zendy; Adelene Hilbig | Zendy; Jillian Murray | Zendy; David Heiden | Zendy

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Routine Immediate Eye Examination at the Point of Care for Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Among Patients With a CD4 Count <100 in Myanmar

Author(s) -

Win Le Shwe Sin,

Kyi Pyar Soe,

Adelene Hilbig,

Jillian Murray,

David Heiden

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz280

Subject(s) - medicine , retinitis , cytomegalovirus retinitis , cytomegalovirus , point of care testing , aids related opportunistic infections , pediatrics , eye examination , point of care , virology , human cytomegalovirus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , ophthalmology , immunology , pathology , viral disease , visual acuity , herpesviridae , virus , sida

A retrospective review of diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) before and after introduction of routine immediate eye examination among AIDS patients in Myanmar with an absolute CD4 T-cell count <100 cells/μL demonstrated an increased detection of CMVR from 1.1% (14/1233) to 10.7% (65/608), an improvement of ~10-fold. Diagnosis of CMVR was achieved a mean of 2 days after clinic enrollment.

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