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- 2019
Routine Immediate Eye Examination at the Point of Care for Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Among Patients With a CD4 Count <100 in MyanmarDOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz280 Keywords: AIDS-related opportunistic infections, CMV retinitis, early diagnosis of CMV retinitis, indirect ophthalmoscopy by nonophthalmologists Abstract: A retrospective review of diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) before and after introduction of routine immediate eye examination among AIDS patients in Myanmar with an absolute CD4 T-cell count <100 cells/μL demonstrated an increased detection of CMVR from 1.1% (14/1233) to 10.7% (65/608), an improvement of ~10-fold. Diagnosis of CMVR was achieved a mean of 2 days after clinic enrollment
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