Viral Infections

  • Author: Jin S. Suh, MD, FACP; Humberto R. Jimenez, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP (More Info)
  • Editors in Chief: Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD; Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD
  • Last Reviewed: 7/26/16 (What's New)

Summary

  • Symptoms of chorioretinitis include blurring of vision, floaters, visual field cut defects, and painless, progressive loss of vision

  • Diagnosis is made clinically by recognition of retinal changes (Figure 3) observed through a dilated pupil during systematic funduscopic examination by direct or indirect ophthalmoscopy (Management Guidelines)[CDC OI]

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Keywords: Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Ophthalmologic Complications

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