?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Advent+Of+Cytomegalovirus+Infection+In+HIV+Infected+Patients%3A+A+review&rft.creator=Kirubakaran+Isaac%2C+Dr+Sundar&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Cytomegalovirus+is+considered+as+one+among+the+long+list+of+latent+infections+in+humans+that+although+normally+controlled+by+the+cellular+immune+response%2C+gets+activated+after+HIV+infection+takes+its+role+on+infecting+the+T4+lymphocytes.+Clinical+disease+due+to+Cytomegalovirus+has+been+recognized+in+up+to+40%25+of+patients+with+advanced+HIV+disease.+The+clinical+syndromes+most+commonly+associated+include+chorioretinitis%2C+esophagitis%2C+colitis%2C+pneumonitis%2C+adrenalitis+and+neurological+disorders.+Cytomegalovirus+infections+are+usually+diagnosed+clinically+and+by+serological+tests+for+CMV+immunoglobulin.+Chemotherapy+using+systemic+agents%2C+including+ganciclovir%2C+intravenous+foscarnet+and+intravenous+cidofovir+is+effective.+New+agents%2C+as+for+example+an+anti-sense+agent+against+cytomegalovirus%2C+appear+promising.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3497%2F1%2F2003-4-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kirubakaran+Isaac%2C+Dr+Sundar++(2004)+The+Advent+Of+Cytomegalovirus+Infection+In+HIV+Infected+Patients%3A+A+review.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3497%2F