brief report: coats disease and cytomegalovirus infection

Cytomegalovirus Infection and Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the most common infections that affects humans’ cardiovascular system. Although the literature includes controversial evidence for any correlation between CMV infection and arterial atherosclerosis, the majority of studies, especially those with larger patient population and stronger data stand for such a relationship. However, the number of prospective...

Coats' disease in Tanzania: first case report and literature review.

BACKGROUND Coats' disease is an exudative retinal detachment with vascular telangiectasis occurring mostly in male children, the age group most affected by retinoblastoma. OBJECTIVES Compare the differential diagnoses of Coats' disease Establish recommendation to early disease detection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 3-year-old female child was referred to Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Tanza...

Coats disease

Coats disease

Coats' disease is an idiopathic ophthalmic condition caused by a defect in the development of retinal vasculature, characterized by retinal telangiectasis, haemorrhages, intraretinal and subretinal exudation. There are two pathological processes, which are evident in Coats' disease. The first consists of a breakdown of the bloodretinal barrier at the endothelial level, which causes plasma leaka...

Cytomegalovirus infection and coronary heart disease.

Heart Disease To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Ridker et al1 reporting no positive association between baseline cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus serum antibodies and incidence of myocardial infarction or stroke in the Physician’s Health Study. We agree with the authors that prospective epidemiological data are scarce, and this study fills an important gap....

Chlorambucil-induced cytomegalovirus infection: a case report

INTRODUCTION Chlorambucil is an alkylating agent used in combination with prednisolone for the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy. Although chlorambucil is generally well-tolerated, it is a myelosuppresive drug that can cause several infections. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of an 81-year-old Caucasian male presenting with idiopathic membranous nephropathy who developed fev...