Cytomegalovirus retinitis following intravitreal injection of triamcinolone: Report of two cases

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-683

  Delyfer, Marie Noëlle ^a   Rougier, Marie Bénédicte ^a   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^b   Aouizérate, Franck ^c   Korobelnik, Jean François ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinic of Ophthalmology   (France)

^c Clinique Ophtalmologique Thiers   (France)

Author keywords

CMV; Cytomegalovirus; Intravitreal injection; Retinitis; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; GANCICLOVIR; INSULIN; SILICONE OIL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINITIS; SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34548235436     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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