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Cytomegalovirus-associated acute retinal necrosis syndrome AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY Silverstein, B. E., Conrad, D., Margolis, T. P., Wong, I. G. 1997; 123 (2): 257-258

Abstract

To describe a case of acute retinal necrosis syndrome in which a polymerase chain reaction-based assay provided evidence for cytomegalovirus as the causative agent of the syndrome.Polymerase chain reaction-based assays were used to analyze a vitreous aspirate from a 70-year-old man with acute retinal necrosis syndrome. The specimen was tested for cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, and herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2.The polymerase chain reaction assay for cytomegalovirus was positive, and polymerase chain reaction assays for varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 were negative.Cytomegalovirus may be a causative agent of acute retinal necrosis syndrome.

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