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Sunao Sugita, MD, PhD; Norio Shimizu, PhD; Tastushi Kawaguchi, MD; Nobuaki Akao, PhD, DVM; Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD; Manabu Mochizuki, MD, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(10):1426-1427.

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Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a member of the HHV family¹ and has been associated with immunodeficiency disorders and neurologic diseases.² This widespread virus can be classified into 2 groups: variant A (HHV-6A) and variant B (HHV-6B).² Although HHV-6B is the known causative agent in exanthema subitum,³ the association of HHV-6A with clinical entities is still unknown. We describe a patient with severe right-sided panuveitis and multiple subretinal lesions. The HHV-6A genome was detected in the ocular fluid of this patient.

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A 75-year-old man developed a sudden decrease in vision in the right eye in 2005. Slitlamp examination of the right eye disclosed ciliary hyperemia, moderate mutton-fat keratic precipitates, and severely inflamed anterior chamber cells with hypopyon. Funduscopic examination of the right eye revealed dense vitreous opacities, optic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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