title: [Epstein-Barr virus associated acute retinal necrosis].
abstract: METHODS
  This article reports a case of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated acute retinal necrosis. A 72-year-old male patient presented in the emergency department complaining of progressive loss of vision. During patient management an acute retinal necrosis was suspected and the subsequent diagnostics from a vitreal body biopsy showed positive results only for the EBV genome.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The EBV is a rare cause of ocular inflammation. With this report we would like to draw the attention of colleagues to this unusual finding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although EBV screening is not part of the standard diagnostic procedure, its implementation in relevant clinical situations could possibly assist the differentiation between causal relationship and morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roquelaure
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Program, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harbarth
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schutz
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thumann
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland. argyrios.chronopoulos@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chronopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D015828:Eye Infections, Viral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000821:virology*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015882:Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology
keywords: Biopsy; Ocular inflammation; Retinitis; Uveitis; Vitreous body