Patient | HIV Status | CD4 Count (%) | WBC Count (k/μl) | Retinal Diagnosis | Onset | Vision | Lumbar Puncture | ||
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ARN | RBON-H or CNS Infection | OD | OS | ||||||
1 | Positive | Normal* | Low† | CMV ARN, OS>OD | Feb–Mar 1988 | July 1988 | Decreased to blind | Moderately to severely decreased | NO |
2 | Positive | 12 | Low† | CMV ARN, OU | Mar 1994 | Mar 1994 | Severely decreased | Severely decreased | NO |
3 | Positive | 5–80 | Low† | HZV progressive ORN, OS>>OD | Nov 1994 | Mar 1995 | 20/300 | 20/20, later decreased | Normal |
4 | Positive | 30 | 2.2 | HZV progressive ORN, OD>>OS | Aug 1998 | Aug 1998 | Blind | 20/60 | NO |
5 | Positive | 3–44 | 11 | HZV progressive ORN, CMV OS | Mar, Aug 1998 | Mar 1998 | Blind | 24/100 | Normal |
6 | Negative | Normal | 4.6 | Normal | Normal | Sept 1929 | Iritis, decreased | Iritis, decreased | HZV, positive WBC count‡ increased |
Note.—OD indicates oculus dexter (right eye); ORN, outer retinal necrosis; OS, oculus sinister (left eye); NO, not obtained.
* T4/T8 ratio of 126/16, used for prognosis prior to the establishment of CD4 subtypes.
† WBC count was recorded only as “below normal” in the obtainable records.
‡ Lumbar puncture was traumatic, and samples grew skin contaminants after 3 days.