Treating HIV-associated cytomegalovirus retinitis with oral valganciclovir and intra-ocular ganciclovir by primary HIV clinicians in southern Myanmar: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data.
Jillian MurrayAdelene HilbigTheint Thida SoeWin Le Shwe Sin EiKyi Pyar SoeIza CigleneckiPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
Our results from the first introduction of valganciclovir for CMVR in LMIC show encouraging effectiveness and safety in patients with advanced HIV. We urge HIV programmes to include valganciclovir as an essential medicine, and to include CMVR screening and treatment in the package of advanced HIV care.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- south africa
- palliative care
- machine learning
- electronic health record
- epstein barr virus
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- replacement therapy