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Bilateral cytomegalovirus retinitis in a healthy infant.

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OBJECTIVE To report a case of bilateral cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in an otherwise healthy infant. METHODS A four-month-old, healthy, male infant was evaluated for visual inattention. RESULTS This full-term infant with a normal birth weight and an uneventful gestational period was referred with

Bilateral intraocular calcification in necrotizing cytomegalovirus retinitis.

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We report a unique case of bilateral intraocular calcification due to necrotizing cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis associated with congenital CMV infection. A 7-month-old boy with a history of congenital CMV infection showed bilateral intraocular calcific plaques on computed tomography (CT) and

Long-term outpatient treatment of CMV retinitis with ganciclovir in AIDS patients.

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Cytomegaloviral retinitis was diagnosed in nine eyes of seven patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the basis of the characteristic ocular findings and a positive culture for cytomegalovirus (CMV) obtained systemically. Treatment with ganciclovir was begun on a protocol which

Systemic hyperthermia in the treatment of HIV-related Kaposi's sarcoma. A phase I study.

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Ten Caucasian males with HIV-related Kaposi's sarcoma, a disseminated disease which is refractory to usual therapies, underwent a single session of systemic hyperthermia with maintenance of core temperatures at 42 degrees C for 1 h. One complete remission and 7 partial remissions were identified

A safety study of oral valganciclovir maintenance treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis.

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Valganciclovir, an oral prodrug of the anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) agent ganciclovir, was evaluated in a single-arm open-label safety study. AIDS patients (median CD4 lymphocyte count of 140 cells/microL) with treated CMV retinitis (N = 212) received 900-mg once-daily valganciclovir maintenance

Foscarnet-Ganciclovir Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Trial: 5. Clinical features of cytomegalovirus retinitis at diagnosis. Studies of ocular complications of AIDS Research Group in collaboration with the AIDS Clinical Trials Group.

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OBJECTIVE To examine associations of systemic and ocular characteristics with severity of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis at time of diagnosis and to compare ocular characteristics of eyes with and without CMV retinitis. METHODS Eleven clinical centers, a data coordinating center, and a fundus

Systemic hyperthermia in the treatment of HIV-related disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma. Long-term follow-up of patients treated with low-flow extracorporeal perfusion hyperthermia.

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Treatment of HIV and related malignancies with pharmacologic and biologic agents has not appreciably modified the course of disease. Immunologic impairment remains the critical factor in response. We report the long-term results of a single session of low-flow (0.3 L/min) extracorporeal perfusion

Successful treatment of an AIDS patient with prolonged Mycobacterium avium bacteremia, high HIV RNA, HBV infection, Kaposi's sarcoma and cytomegalovirus retinitis.

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We report an AIDS patient with a high HIV RNA copy number in the plasma who was successfully treated for prolonged Mycobacterium avium bacteremia and other complications. An HIV-infected patient with high fever, anemia, high alkaline phosphatase, cystic lung lesions, hepatitis B virus infection and

Case of the month: May 1998--a patient with HIV infection and multiple cranial neuritis.

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A 36-year old male with a three year history of HIV infection and more recently, CMV retinitis, had several episodes of polyradiculitis with severe bilateral leg pain and urinary retention which resolved slowly over several months. He then presented with high fevers and severe dysphagia with

Cytomegalovirus-induced osteomyelitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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A 43-year-old man with AIDS had a periodontal abscess, no fever, and normal findings on funduscopic examination. Three months later, the abscess area was debrided, and histologic examination of the tissue revealed osteomyelitis of the mandible. Within the area of osteomyelitis were numerous cells

Cytomegalovirus Disease in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the Nontransplant Setting: Case Series and Review of the Literature.

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the nontransplant setting is very rare. We report our experience with 4 such cases, and review the literature (n=12). The median age at diagnosis was 10 years and 50% of patients were males. Among the 11 cases with available

Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with AIDS with antimony and gamma-interferon: remission and prevention of relapse by maintenance therapy with weekly pentamidine.

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A 41-year-old AIDS patient with fever, nightly perspiration, diarrhoea, anaemia and leukopenia was diagnosed as having visceral leishmaniasis (VL). After 8 weeks of antimony treatment combined with gamma-interferon, given in 2 courses of 3 and 5 weeks, 12 weeks apart, the bone marrow revealed no

[Incompatibility of tuberculosis therapy in a patient with AIDS].

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A man with advanced HIV infection (CD4 lymphocytes 90/microliter, CD4/CD8 ratio 0.2) was admitted to hospital with fever, cough and weight loss. The radiological and bronchoscopic findings, together with the presence of acid-fast bacilli in the sputum, pointed to open pulmonary tuberculosis caused

[Clinical analysis of 50 cases of cytomegalovirus disease].

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OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical features, diagnostic methods, therapeutic approaches, outcomes and the alterations of peripheral lymphocyte subsets in cytomegalovirus (CMV) diseases. METHODS From August 2000 to October 2002, 50 cases of CMV diseases were treated in Peking Union Medical College

Unravelling the Gordian knot: diagnostic dilemma in an HIV-positive patient with neurological involvement.

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We report a case of a 40-year-old seropositive-HIV patient with a CD4 count of 120 who presented with fever, severe headache and neck stiffness. Suspecting a case of tubercular meningitis (TBM; as tuberculosis is the commonest opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patients in India), a lumbar puncture

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