Cytomegalovirus retinitis in hospitalized people living with HIV in the late antiretroviral therapy era in São Paulo, Brazil.
Giuliane BogoniRodovaldo M Lucas JúniorGustavo Arthur Reis SchneiderNidyanara Francine Castanheira de SouzaMaria Kassab CarvalhoRosa Maria Nascimento MarcussoJosé Ernesto VidalPublished in: International journal of STD & AIDS (2022)
These results show a low prevalence of active CMV retinitis in the evaluated population. However, 2 of 3 participants had asymptomatic active CMV retinitis and a fifth of participants had at least one ophthalmoscopy diagnosis, suggesting the need for routine ophthalmologic evaluation in hospitalized severely immunosuppressed PLWHIV. The profile of participants with active CMV retinitis was similar to that described in the pre-ART era and quantitation of CMV DNA in plasma was variable.