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[Ocular damage during HIV infection at the University Hospital Center of Casablanca. (Apropos of 400 cases)]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000 Feb;93(1):14-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20236301
el Mansouri Y; Zaghloul K; Himmich H; Amraoui A; Service d'ophtalmologie, Hopital 20 aout 1953, Casablanca,; Maroc. yelmansouri@pfizer.co.ma

Abstract: The objective of this study was to report ocular manifestations in Moroccan patients infected with HIV/AIDS. 400 patients were surveyed retrospectively from 1993 to 1998 as part of a co-operative study undertaken by the departments of infectious diseases and ophtalmology of the Casablanca Teaching Hospital. Of the 400 patients, 127 had an infection of the posterior segment and 7 showed signs of a palpebral infection. We also found 44 cases of opportunist retinal infections, dominated by the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (18 cases). Our sample study indicates an intermediary position between western countries where the widespread use of the tritherapy has increased the life expectancy of patients and sub-Saharan Africa where epidemiological data are still characterised by high mortality and increasing endemic disease.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE de Casablanca. (A propos de 400 cas). Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ THERAPY Cytomegalovirus Retinitis/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY English Abstract Eye Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY Female Human *HIV Infections Male Morocco Ophthalmoscopy Retina/RADIOGRAPHY Retinitis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY/VIROLOGY Retrospective StudiesKWDjournalarticledecasablancaKWD(aproposde400cas)KWDadultaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/diagnosis/KWDepidemiology/therapycytomegalovirusretinitis/diagnosis/epidemiology/therapyenglishabstracteyeinfections/diagnosis/KWDepidemiology/therapyfemalehumanKWDhivinfectionsmalemoroccoophthalmoscopyretina/radiographyretinitis/epidemiology/therapy/virologyretrospectivestudies
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