CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is a complication of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in advance stage when CD4 count is less than 50 cells/cumm. Before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), approximately 30% of patients with AIDS developed CMV...

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Main Authors:	Dipankar Chakraborty, Samir Kumar Rama
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/1/P.142-144.pdf

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spelling	ukm-87572016-12-14T06:48:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/ CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART Dipankar Chakraborty, Samir Kumar Rama, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is a complication of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in advance stage when CD4 count is less than 50 cells/cumm. Before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), approximately 30% of patients with AIDS developed CMV retinitis, which declined in 75% of cases after the start of HAART. We report a case of CMV retinitis in an HIV-positive patient who developed it as a WHO clinical stage 4 condition representing clinical failure along with dramatic decrease in CD4 count due to immunological failure on failing first-line HAART. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/1/P.142-144.pdf Dipankar Chakraborty, and Samir Kumar Rama, (2015) CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (1). pp. 142-144. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description	Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is a complication of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in advance stage when CD4 count is less than 50 cells/cumm. Before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), approximately 30% of patients with AIDS developed CMV retinitis, which declined in 75% of cases after the start of HAART. We report a case of CMV retinitis in an HIV-positive patient who developed it as a WHO clinical stage 4 condition representing clinical failure along with dramatic decrease in CD4 count due to immunological failure on failing first-line HAART.
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author	Dipankar Chakraborty, Samir Kumar Rama,
spellingShingle	Dipankar Chakraborty, Samir Kumar Rama, CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
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title	CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
title_short	CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
title_full	CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
title_fullStr	CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
title_full_unstemmed	CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART
title_sort	cmv retinitis in an hiv patient with clinical and immunological failure on haart
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8757/1/P.142-144.pdf
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CMV retinitis in an HIV patient with clinical and immunological failure on HAART

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