Intravitreal antiviral injections as adjunctive therapy in the management of immunocompetent patients with necrotizing herpetic retinopathy.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 10926999.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
To report the use of intravitreal antiviral injections as adjunctive therapy in the management of three immunocompetent patients with necrotizing herpetic retinopathy. Case series. Three patients with necrotizing herpetic retinopathy received intravitreal antiviral injections for treatment of progressive retinitis, despite standard intravenous acyclovir therapy. The retinitis resolved and visual acuity improved after a minimum of 6 months of follow-up in each case. Intravitreal antiviral injections may be a safe and efficacious adjunctive therapy in the management of patients with necrotizing herpetic retinopathy.
Medical subject headings
- Acyclovir
- Antiviral Agents
- Eye Infections, Viral
- Ganciclovir
- Herpes Simplex
- Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute