The possible role of herpes viruses in multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis

✍ Scribed by Eric Frau; Elisabeth Dussaix; Hervé Offret; Etienne Bloch-Michel

• Book ID: 104650445
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 833 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-5701
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00163558

✦ Synopsis

7 cases of multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis are reported here (6 females, i male). All clinical data were carefully considered. In all cases an aqueous sampling was made for the detection of anti-herpes virus antibodies in aqueous and serum. 3 specificities were tested: herpes simplex (HSV), herpes zoster (HVZ) and cytomegalovirus (CMV).

An intraocular synthesis of specific antibodies was found against VZV in 2 cases and against HSV in 1 case. There was another presumptive case for HSV.