Successful management of ocular toxoplasmosis during pregnancy using combined intraocular clindamycin and dexamethasone with systemic sulfadiazine

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-88

  Martinez, Carlos E ^a   Zhang, Daoling ^a   Conway, Mandi D ^a,b   Peyman, Gholam A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SULFADIAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; EDEMA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RETINA FOLD; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032323726     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006129422690     Document Type: Article

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