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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and opportunistic infections

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Department of Nephrology
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine
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Kaunas 2nd Clinical Hospital
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Department of Ophthalmology
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Department of Radiology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania Correspondence
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2009, 45(11), 929; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45110119
Submission received: 30 September 2008 / Accepted: 6 November 2009 / Published: 11 November 2009

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.
Keywords: AIDS; cerebral toxoplasmosis; cytomegalovirus retinitis; HIV retinopathy; immune reconstitution uveitis AIDS; cerebral toxoplasmosis; cytomegalovirus retinitis; HIV retinopathy; immune reconstitution uveitis

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Dvaranauskaitė, L.; Vėlyvytė, D.; Kurklietytė, V.; Gumbelevičius, A.; Keleras, E.; Laiškonis, A.; Mickienė, A. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and opportunistic infections. Medicina 2009, 45, 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45110119

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Dvaranauskaitė L, Vėlyvytė D, Kurklietytė V, Gumbelevičius A, Keleras E, Laiškonis A, Mickienė A. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and opportunistic infections. Medicina. 2009; 45(11):929. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45110119

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Dvaranauskaitė, Lina, Daiva Vėlyvytė, Virginija Kurklietytė, Antanas Gumbelevičius, Evaldas Keleras, Alvydas Laiškonis, and Auksė Mickienė. 2009. "Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and opportunistic infections" Medicina 45, no. 11: 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45110119

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