Open AccessImmune 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.