Use of systemic cyclosporin A in a case of severe Toxocara uveitis
The report describes the case of an adult patient presenting a severe, serologically proven, Toxocara endophthalmitis, unresponsive to the common surgical and medical approach (vitrectomy, anti-parasitic treatment followed by high-dose corticosteroids). The association of oral cyclosporin A to a low...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of infection 2006-05, Vol.52 (5), p.e159-e161 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The report describes the case of an adult patient presenting a severe, serologically proven,
Toxocara endophthalmitis, unresponsive to the common surgical and medical approach (vitrectomy, anti-parasitic treatment followed by high-dose corticosteroids). The association of oral cyclosporin A to a lower dose of prednisone was successful in achieving a long-term control of the ocular inflammation without systemic side effects. |
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ISSN: | 0163-4453 1532-2742 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.07.030 |