title: [Foudroyant course of AIDS-induced cytomegalovirus retinitis].
abstract: Of 57 patients at Karlsruhe Municipal Eye Hospital with manifest acquired immune deficiency syndrome, ocular involvement was found in 34%. In the prefinal stage (on average 6 months ante finem), 25% of these patients developed typical, rapidly progressing cytomegalovirus retinitis with intraretinal hemorrhages and necrosis, which responded well to combined intravenous and intravitreal DHPG therapy. Almost all the patients died of global respiratory insufficiency caused by pneumocystis carinii or atypical mycobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik des Städtischen Klinikums Karlsruhe.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müller-Jensen
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012173:Retinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Foudroyante Verläufe bei AIDS-bedingter CMV-Retinitis.