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Document Details : Title: Bilateral blindness after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment in a patient with HIV infection and cryptococcal meningitis Author(s): DE SCHACHT C, SMETS RME, CALLENS S, COLEBUNDERS R Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Date: 2005 Pages: 10-12 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.60.1.1002718 Abstract : A 26-year-old HIV-seropositive Caucasian man with cryptococcal meningitis developed permanent bilateral blindness shortly after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment. The blindness may have been a consequence of an immune reactivation inflammatory syndrome caused by this treatment. |
