[Cytomegalovirus retinitis in children with AIDS acquired through materno-fetal transmission].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical feature and the outcome of CMV retinitis in children with vertically transmitted HIV infection.


RESULTS
Five case-reports of cytomegalovirus retinopathy are described. These children from eight month-old to seven and a half year-old (median age at diagnosis 52 months) had been perinatally contaminated by the human immuno-deficiency virus. The ophthalmic signs included only a red eye for one patient. The clinical signs were similar to the adult's retinopathy. At the opposite the differences were emphasized like the clinical onset with a delayed diagnosis. Mean follow-up since diagnosis is 8 months with 3 patients still alive.


CONCLUSIONS
CMV retinitis in vertically transmitted AIDS can occur early in childhood and must be checked systematically in the patients with low CD 4 count because of the usual asymptomatic onset.
Bremond-Gignac
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D
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris.
Aron-Rosa
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D
Rohrlich
P
P
Deplus
S
S
Faye
A
A
Vilmer
E
E
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017726:Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*
Rétinites à cytomégalovirus chez l'enfant atteint de SIDA de transmission materno-foetale.