title: Acute iridocyclitis in a patient with AIDS diagnosed as toxoplasmosis by PCR.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the etiology of an acute iridocyclitis in a patient with AIDS using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of aqueous humor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report describing a patient diagnosed with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in his left eye. He stopped his treatment after three weeks and subsequently developed an acute iridocyclitis without chorioretinitis in the fellow eye. Anterior chamber paracentesis was performed and aqueous humor was assayed by PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PCR of the aqueous humor showed positivity for Toxoplasma gondii. The iridocyclitis responded to topical dexamethasone and oral treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCR is an effective method to diagnose toxoplasmic iridocyclitis in a patient with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, La Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cano-Parra
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Díaz-LLopis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cordoba
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gobernado
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Navea
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Menezo
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000469:parasitology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006678:HIV; D006801:Humans; D015863:Iridocyclitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D005938:Glucocorticoids