Cytomegalovirus retinitis successfully treated with ganciclovir implant in a patient with blood ganciclovir resistance and ocular ganciclovir sensitivity

Eye (Lond). 2012 May;26(5):759-60. doi: 10.1038/eye.2012.17. Epub 2012 Feb 10.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / blood
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / virology
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aqueous Humor / virology
  • Cytomegalovirus / drug effects
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / blood
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / drug therapy*
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / virology
  • Drug Implants
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Ganciclovir / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Visual Acuity / physiology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Drug Implants
  • Ganciclovir