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HIV associated cytomegalovirus retinitis in Melbourne, Australia
  1. C L Cherry,
  2. A M Mijch,
  3. J F Hoy,
  4. A J H Hall,
  5. M E Hellard,
  6. M Bryant,
  7. B DeGraaff,
  8. C K Fairley
  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
  2. Department of Ophthalmology, The Alfred Hospital
  3. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
  4. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
  5. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
  1. Catherine Cherry, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Prahran 3181, Victoria, Australia katec{at}netspace.net.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.76.3.221-a

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    Editor,—We report the results of a 12 year review of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in Melbourne, Australia.

    We conducted a retrospective review of all HIV infected patients diagnosed with CMV retinitis at Fairfield Hospital and the Alfred Hospital between 1984 and 1996, aiming to identify factors at diagnosis of CMV retinitis which were predictive of outcome. Both hospitals had the same protocol for the treatment of CMV retinitis and employed 3 monthly ophthalmological screening of all HIV infected patients with CD4 counts of less than 50 ×106/l.

    The study outcomes were …

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