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Immune recovery vitritis

Author(s) -

M Dujić,

Djordje Jevtović

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2406-0895

pISSN - 0370-8179

DOI - 10.2298/sarh0710513d

Subject(s) - retinitis , medicine , cytomegalovirus retinitis , cytomegalovirus , complication , immune system , ophthalmology , immunology , surgery , human cytomegalovirus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , herpesviridae , virus

Immune recovery vitritis (IRV) is symptomatic vitritis of > 1 + severity associated with inactive cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. It is an opportunistic infection of the eye, in the patients who suffer from AIDS, and is treated with a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). As a result of this therapy, there is an immune reconstitution in the body and inflammation of the vitreous body.

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