title: Cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV/AIDS patients.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has the ability to affect any organ in the body. In 70% of HIV-infected patients ocular manifestations were observed, which in the vast majority reflect the systemic disease and may be the first sign of a disseminated infection.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence and the clinical aspects of cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is retrospective, conducted in the Ophthalmology Office of "Matei Bals" Infectious Diseases Hospital in Bucharest during the period August 1, 2007 - August 1, 2013. Each patient was examined thoroughly at the slit lamp biomicroscope by using a lens of 90D and a 20D lens using the indirect microscope after administration of topical mydriatics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  131 patients were followed for HIV / AIDS with posterior segment ocular involvement. 36.64% of the 131 patients having affected the posterior segment have been diagnosed with CMV retinitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Doctors should be aware of the existence of ocular damage in HIV/AIDS and to emphasize the importance of regular ophthalmologic examination of patients with HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Matei Bals" National Institute of Infectious Diseases Bucharest, Department of HIV / AIDS, Office of Ophthalmology.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiotan
authors.affiliation: SCUOB.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Serban
authors.affiliation: SCUOB.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornăcel
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cioboata
authors.affiliation: SCUOB.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anghel
mesh_terms: D017726:Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D066167:Slit Lamp
keywords: CMV; HIV/AIDS; cytomegalovirus retinitis