Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2018)

Real-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis and management of HIV-induced uveitis

  • Jayapratha R Selvaraj,
  • S Sudharshan,
  • Lily K Therese,
  • M K Janani,
  • Poongulali Selvamuthu,
  • Parveen Rewri,
  • Jyotirmay Biswas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_509_18
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 11
pp. 1634 – 1636

Abstract

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Intraocular (IO) inflammation in patients with Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection can be due to opportunistic infections, immune recovery uveitis, drugs used in the management or a primary manifestation of HIV itself. We studied the role of RT-PCR for HIV RNA in confirming the diagnosis of HIV induced uveitis and its useful in the management and follow-up of these patients.

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