Open AccessReal-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis and management of HIV-induced uveitis
Author(s) -
Jayapratha R Selvaraj,
Sridha Sridharan,
Lily Therese,
M K Janani,
Poongulali Selvamuthu,
Parveen Rewri,
Jyotirmay Biswas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_509_18
Subject(s) - medicine , uveitis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , polymerase chain reaction , immune system , immunology , inflammation , immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , virology , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , chemistry , gene , biochemistry
Intraocular (IO) inflammation in patients with Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection can be due to opportunistic infections, immune recovery uveitis, drugs used in the management or a primary manifestation of HIV itself. We studied the role of RT-PCR for HIV RNA in confirming the diagnosis of HIV induced uveitis and its useful in the management and follow-up of these patients.