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

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Rubens Camargo Siqueira, Rodrigo Jorge, Luiz Tadeu de Moraes Figueiredo
• Journal: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (Arq Bras Oftalmol) 2007 May-Jun Vol. 70 Issue 3 Pg. 513-6 ISSN: 0004-2749 [Print] Brazil
• PMID: 17768562 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Adult
• Choroiditis (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Immunocompromised Host
• Male
• Retinitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)
• Toxoplasmosis, Ocular (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)