Bilateral acute acquired toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis after steroid therapy for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Rubens Camargo Siqueira²  Rodrigo Jorge¹  Luiz Tadeu De Moraes Figueiredo¹ 

[1] ,Faculdade de Medicina de CatanduvaCatanduva SP ,Brasil

关键词: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome;    Chorioretinitis;    Retinitis;    Adrenal cortex hormones;    Síndrome pulmonar por hantavírus;    Coriorretinite;    Retinite;    Corticosteróides;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492007000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Description of a case of acute acquired ocular toxoplasmosis following hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. A 41-year-old man presenting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, confirmed in the laboratory by detection of IgM antibodies to the virus, was submitted to high doses of intravenous corticosteroids for two months. After clinical improvement of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome the patient presented visual loss in both eyes that was secondary to a toxoplasmosis retinitis. The retinitis resolved with anti-toxoplasma therapy. Acquired toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis can occur following steroid therapy for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

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