[Posterior uveitis in a 47-year old patient infected with HIV--case report].
OBJECTIVE
To report the case of posterior uveitis associated with HIV infection and to discuss contemporary references on the topic.


METHODS
A 47-years old woman with asymptomatic HIV infection developed acute posterior uveitis. The examinations for infections with CMV, Toxoplasma gondii, Treponema pallidum and Mycobacteria were negative. After failure of empirical treatment with antibiotics, ganciclovir and steroids antiretroviral treatment with three drugs was initiated on the patient. The ophthalmologic examination disclosed significant improvement after two weeks of the treatment. There have been no evidences of inflammatory disease in the eyes for 12 weeks from the starting of antiretroviral therapy. The immunologic and virologic parameters showed good control of HIV infection.


CONCLUSIONS
Infection with HIV appears to be a cause of uveitis.
Leszczyszyn-Pynka
Magdalena
M
Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
Przerwa
Danuta M
DM
D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015866:Uveitis, Posterior / Q000209:etiology*
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D015774:Ganciclovir
Tylne zapalenie naczyniówki u 47-letniej chorej zakazonej HIV--opis przypadku.