TY - JOUR
TI - Herpes simplex virus type 2: a cause of acute retinal necrosis syndrome
AU - Markomichelakis, NN
AU - Zafirakis, P
AU - Karambogia-Karefillidi, P and
AU - Drakoulis, N
AU - Vagiakou-Boudri, E
AU - Paterakis, G
AU - Apostolopoulos,
AU - M
JO - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
PY - 2001
VL - 9
TODO - 2
SP - 103-109
PB - SWETS ZEITLINGER PUBLISHERS
SN - 0927-3948, 1744-5078
TODO - 10.1076/ocii.9.2.103.3974
TODO - acute retinal necrosis syndrome; herpes simplex virus type 2
TODO - Purpose: To describe a case of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) acute
retinal necrosis syndrome (ARN) in a 13-year-old immunocompetent girl.
Methods: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cultures, flow cytometry, and
cytology were performed on the vitreous sample. Results: Both PCR
studies and vitreous cultures revealed HSV-2 as the cause of ARN. Flow
cytometry showed CD4+, CD8+, and natural killer cells. The visual
outcome of the patient was 20/200. Conclusion: Successful culture of
HSV-2 from the vitreous specimen in a patient with ARN proved HSV-2 to
be one of the causes of ARN. The successful culture of HSV-2 has not
been previously reported.
ER -