COVID-19-associated retinovasculitis in the late stage of HIV infection: a clinical case

Abstract

A clinical case of retinovasculitis with coronavirus infection COVID-19 involving a female patient in the late stage of HIV infection is reported. The patient had no antiretroviral therapy. Clinical features of eye changes, their severity and dynamics influenced by the ophthalmic therapy were revealed. A relationship between the course of COVID-19 and the state of immunodeficiency causes by HIV was found. As a result of the long disease duration and the complications, the patient died.

Keywords

• covid-19
• sars-cov-2
• ретиноваскулит
• вич-инфекция
• антиретровирусная терапия