HIV vision loss and infection?,”In HIv patients, both HSV and VZV can cause severe, acute retinal necrosis associated with pain, keratitis, uveitis, and funduscopic findings of peripheral pale lesions and central retinal necrosis. In contrast, CMV retinitis is painless, not usually associated with keratitis or conjunctivitis
and characterized by funduscopic findings of hemorrhages and fluffy or granular lesions around the retinal vessels.”