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Routine immediate eye examination at the point of care for diagnosis of AIDS-related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis among patients with a CD4-count < 100 in Myanmar | Journal Article / Research | MSF Science Portal
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Routine immediate eye examination at the point of care for diagnosis of AIDS-related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis among patients with a CD4-count < 100 in Myanmar

Ei WLSS, Soe KT, Hilbig A, Murray J, Heiden D
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Abstract
A retrospective review of diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) before and after
introduction of routine immediate eye examination among AIDS patient in Myanmar with an
absolute CD4 T cell count <100 cells/microliter demonstrated an increased detection of
CMVR from 1.1% (14/1233) to 10.7% (65/608), an improvement of approximately ten-fold.
Diagnosis of CMVR was achieved a mean of 2 days after clinic enrollment.

Countries

Myanmar

Subject Area

cytomegalovirus

Languages

English
Published Date
14 Jun 2019
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases