The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review
Cytomegalovirus is considered as one among the long list of latent infections in humans that although normally controlled by the cellular immune response, gets activated after HIV infection takes its role on infecting the T4 lymphocytes. Clinical disease due to Cytomegalovirus has been recognized in...
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
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| description | Cytomegalovirus is considered as one among the long list of latent infections in humans that although normally controlled by the cellular immune response, gets activated after HIV infection takes its role on infecting the T4 lymphocytes. Clinical disease due to Cytomegalovirus has been recognized in up to 40% of patients with advanced HIV disease. The clinical syndromes most commonly associated include chorioretinitis, esophagitis, colitis, pneumonitis, adrenalitis and neurological disorders. Cytomegalovirus infections are usually diagnosed clinically and by serological tests for CMV immunoglobulin. Chemotherapy using systemic agents, including ganciclovir, intravenous foscarnet and intravenous cidofovir is effective. New agents, as for example an anti-sense agent against cytomegalovirus, appear promising. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cda2f5e836e441658b7ee3f1c512a7f72022-12-21T19:10:16ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972004-03-0124The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A reviewSundar Isaac KirubakaranCytomegalovirus is considered as one among the long list of latent infections in humans that although normally controlled by the cellular immune response, gets activated after HIV infection takes its role on infecting the T4 lymphocytes. Clinical disease due to Cytomegalovirus has been recognized in up to 40% of patients with advanced HIV disease. The clinical syndromes most commonly associated include chorioretinitis, esophagitis, colitis, pneumonitis, adrenalitis and neurological disorders. Cytomegalovirus infections are usually diagnosed clinically and by serological tests for CMV immunoglobulin. Chemotherapy using systemic agents, including ganciclovir, intravenous foscarnet and intravenous cidofovir is effective. New agents, as for example an anti-sense agent against cytomegalovirus, appear promising.http://www.ojhas.org/issue8/2003-4-2.htmCytomegalovirus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusCMV colitisCMV retinitisAIDS |
| spellingShingle | Sundar Isaac Kirubakaran The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Cytomegalovirus infection Human immunodeficiency virus CMV colitis CMV retinitis AIDS |
| title | The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review |
| title_full | The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review |
| title_fullStr | The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review |
| title_short | The advent of Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV infected patients: A review |
| title_sort | advent of cytomegalovirus infection in hiv infected patients a review |
| topic | Cytomegalovirus infection Human immunodeficiency virus CMV colitis CMV retinitis AIDS |
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