[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and opportunistic infections]

Lina Dvaranauskaite; Daiva Velyvyte; Virginija Kurklietyte; Antanas Gumbelevicius; Evaldas Keleras; Alvydas Laiskonis; Aukse Mickiene

[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and opportunistic infections]

Medicina (Kaunas). 2009;45(11):929-35.

[Article in Lithuanian]

Authors

Lina Dvaranauskaite¹, Daiva Velyvyte, Virginija Kurklietyte, Antanas Gumbelevicius, Evaldas Keleras, Alvydas Laiskonis, Aukse Mickiene

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania.

PMID: 20051726

Abstract

This article presents a clinical case of late diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus retinitis of right eye in a 32-year-old patient who was unaware of her HIV status. In addition, this article reviews the literature reflecting clinical, diagnostic, and treatment issues of some opportunistic infections in AIDS.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / epidemiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / mortality
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / mortality
Adult
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / epidemiology*
Uveitis / epidemiology
Visual Acuity