Cytomegalovirus retinitis and HIV: Case reviews from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
CONCLUSION: CMV retinitis causes debilitating, permanent sequelae, which is preventable by ART initiation at higher CD4+ cell counts. Despite achieving virological suppression, vision could not be completely restored in these patients, irrespective of the severity of CMV retinitis.
PMID: 29022526 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
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