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[Posterior uveitis in a 47-year old patient infected with HIV--case report]
Magdalena Leszczyszyn-Pynka1, Danuta M Przerwa
1Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
Purpose:
To report the case of posterior uveitis associated with HIV infection and to discuss contemporary references on the topic.
Case Report:
A 47-years old woman with asymptomatic HIV infection developed acute posterior uveitis. The examinations for infections with CMV, Toxoplasma gondii, Treponema pallidum and Mycobacteria were negative. After failure of empirical treatment with antibiotics, ganciclovir and steroids antiretroviral treatment with three drugs was initiated on the patient. The ophthalmologic examination disclosed significant improvement after two weeks of the treatment. There have been no evidences of inflammatory disease in the eyes for 12 weeks from the starting of antiretroviral therapy. The immunologic and virologic parameters showed good control of HIV infection.
Conclusions:
Infection with HIV appears to be a cause of uveitis.