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Case Reports
. 1997 Feb;123(2):257-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71046-3.

Cytomegalovirus-associated acute retinal necrosis syndrome

B E Silverstein  1 , D Conrad, T P Margolis, I G Wong
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Case Reports

Cytomegalovirus-associated acute retinal necrosis syndrome

B E Silverstein et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a case of acute retinal necrosis syndrome in which a polymerase chain reaction-based assay provided evidence for cytomegalovirus as the causative agent of the syndrome.

Methods: Polymerase chain reaction-based assays were used to analyze a vitreous aspirate from a 70-year-old man with acute retinal necrosis syndrome. The specimen was tested for cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, and herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2.

Results: The polymerase chain reaction assay for cytomegalovirus was positive, and polymerase chain reaction assays for varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 were negative.

Conclusion: Cytomegalovirus may be a causative agent of acute retinal necrosis syndrome.

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