Cytomegalovirus retinitis in adults. A manifestation of disseminated viral infection. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Retinitis caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is unusual in adults. Sixteen of the 17 cases reported have occurred in immunologically compromised patients, most frequently renal transplant recipients. CMV retinitis is associated with a distinctive ophthalmoscopic appearance and, in the majority of cases, was the first clinical manifestation of systemic viral infection. Severe and permanent visual deficits are characteristic. Since retinitis is a reliable sign of disseminated disease and ophthalmoscopic examination a rapid method of establishing its presence, recognition of this manifestation should allow earlier diagnosis of serious CMV infection.

publication date

  • October 1, 1977

Research

keywords

  • Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • Retinitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0017752971

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0002-9343(77)90203-0

PubMed ID

  • 199061

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 63

issue

  • 4