Herpetic Retinitis
Authors: Cordero-Coma, Miguel1; Anzaar, Fahd2; Yilmaz, Taygan2; Foster, C Stephen3
Source: Herpes, Volume 14, Number 1, 2007 , pp. 4-10(7)
Publisher: Cambridge Medical Publications
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Abstract:
This paper provides an appreciation of the various forms and consequences of retinal inflammation caused by human herpesviruses. Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus are known to cause retinitis. The prognosis of herpetic retinitis remains poor because it is associated with a high incidence of complications, both during and after the acute disease phase. On diagnosis of retinal necrosis, antiviral treatment must be started promptly to limit disease progression; following this, prophylactic maintenance therapy may be required.Keywords: HERPESVIRUS RETINITIS; ACUTE RETINAL NECROSIS; PROGRESSIVE OUTER RETINAL NECROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS RETINITIS
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de León, León, Spain 2: Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA 3: The Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. fosters@uveitis.org
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