title: [Cytomegalovirus retinitis in children with AIDS acquired through materno-fetal transmission].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bremond-Gignac
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aron-Rosa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rohrlich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deplus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vilmer
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Rétinites à cytomégalovirus chez l'enfant atteint de SIDA de transmission materno-foetale.