[Panophthalmitis and results of HIV tests. Experience at the Cocody University Hospital Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast].
OBJECTIVE
We assessed the frequency of panophthalmitis in HIV-infected patients.


METHODS
Thirty-seven cases of panophthalmitis were screened out of 420 hospitalized patients of ophthalmology department of Cocody Teaching University Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from January to October 1995. HIV-tests were performed in 11 patients.


RESULTS
Mean age was 40 years (from 10 months to 75 years). Four patients (36.4% of tested patients) were infected by HIV. Contrary to seronegative patients, panophthalmitis cases in HIV-infected patients occurred spontaneously without any apparent exogenous cause (foreign bodies). Most of patients were young (from 18 to 47 years old).


CONCLUSIONS
We draw the attention of eye specialists of the frequency of panophthalmitis without exogenous apparent cause in HIV patients. It would be interesting to perform a transvitreal needle biopsy in order to search for intraocular toxoplasmosis that should be the first cause.
Ahnoux-Zabsonre
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CHU de Cocody, Côte d'Ivoire.
Keita
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Safede
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D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
Panophtalmie et résultats des tests pour le VIH. Expérience du CHU de Cocody à Abidjan, en Côte d'Ivoire.