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Coronado, P., Huapaya, P. (2023). Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de retinitis por citomegalovirus en pacientes con virus de inmunodeficiencia humana en un hospital docente en los años 2017 - 2022 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13977
Coronado, P., Huapaya, P. Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de retinitis por citomegalovirus en pacientes con virus de inmunodeficiencia humana en un hospital docente en los años 2017 - 2022 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13977
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title = "Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de retinitis por citomegalovirus en pacientes con virus de inmunodeficiencia humana en un hospital docente en los años 2017 - 2022",
author = "Huapaya Acuña, Paola Alessandra",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis remains the leading opportunistic ocular infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, despite the use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with CMV retinitis and HIV infection in a teaching hospital in Lima, Peru, during 2017-2022. Materials and Methods: Case series, which included adult patients diagnosed with CMV retinitis and HIV infection. Clinical and laboratory data are described, including frequencies, percentages, and measures of central tendency.. Results: 18 patients (29 eyes) were included with a median age of 36,5, 72,2% were male. The 55,6% were receiving HAART, while the median CD4+ T lymphocyte count was 52. The most common symptom was decreased visual acuity (94,4%). Bilateral involvement in 61,1%. The most common type of retinitis was exudative hemorrhagic (61,1%) with greater involvement of zone 2 involvement (75,9%). Complications included retinal detachment (27,8%), legal blindness (27,8%), recurrence (11,1%) and immune reconstitution uveitis (44,4%). Patients received induction therapy with intravenous ganciclovir (72,2%) and maintenance therapy with oral valganciclovir (61,1%). Conclusion: CMV retinitis in HIV-infected patients primarily affects young males with low CD4 T lymphocyte counts, leading to visual complications such as immune reconstitution uveitis, retinal detachment, and legal blindness, with a minimal number of recurrence cases.
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