Management of Intraocular Infections in HIV

ABSTRACT

Purpose: Overview of treatment options for the most common intraocular opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including ocular syphilis, ocular tuberculosis, toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, and viral retinitis.

Method: Narrative Review.

Results: Despite the huge advances in the development of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) for the management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, opportunistic infections still represent a significant diagnostic dilemma and cause of ocular morbidity in patients with HIV.

Conclusion: Although the treatment of intraocular infections in patients with AIDS may be challenging, prompt assessment of the clinical features and appropriate aggressive management of the underlying etiology are critical to avoid life and vision threatening.

KEYWORDS:

• Opportunistic infections
• intraocular infections
• human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• combined active retroviral therapy (cART)
• ocular tuberculosis
• ocular syphilis
• ocular toxoplasmosis
• viral retinitis
• treatment

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.