Recovery of long-term natural protection against reactivation of CMV retinitis in AIDS patients responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy

Objectives: To see whether in severely immunosuppressed AIDS patients (with prior Cytomegalovirus retinal disease) who have significant increases in CD4+ lymphocytes following the initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) anti-Cytomegalovirus (CMV) maintenance therapy can be withdra...

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Published in:	The Journal of infection Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 193 - 197
Main Authors:	Di Perri, Giovanni, Vento, Sandro, Mazzi, Romualdo, Bonora, Stefano, Bonora, Adriana, Trevenzoli, Marco, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Carretta, Giovanni, Lanzafame, Massimiliano, Pizzighella, Sergio, Concia, Ercole
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1999 Elsevier
Subjects:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - drug therapy Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - immunology Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Antigens, Viral - blood Antiviral agents Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences CD4 antigen CD4 Lymphocyte Count Cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - drug therapy Female highly active antiretroviral therapy Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments RNA, Viral - blood Human Immunopathology Opportunistic infection Chemoprophylaxis Reactivation Relapse Retinopathy Herpesviridae AIDS Betaherpesvirinae Immune deficiency Human cytomegalovirus Infection Virus Prevention Eye disease Chemotherapy Treatment Treatment withdrawal Maintenance treatment Viral disease Antiviral Complication Retinitis
ISSN:	0163-4453, 1532-2742
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