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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2012

Cytomegalovirus retinitis treated with valganciclovir in Wegener's granulomatosis.

Yoshiaki Kabata, Genichiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Tsuneoka

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshiaki KabataDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Katsushika Medical Center, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.
Genichiro Takahashi
Hiroshi Tsuneoka
Jikei University School of Medicine · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis treated with oral valganciclovir as maintenance therapy is reported. A 68-year-old male patient with anti-proteinase-3 ANCA-positive Wegener's granulomatosis who was receiving immunosuppressive therapy with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine developed CMV retinitis. The patient received intravenous ganciclovir as induction therapy and oral valganciclovir as maintenance therapy. The patient responded to treatment and showed no recurrence for 8 months. There were no serious adverse effects associated with oral valganciclovir. Oral valganciclovir is convenient and effective for the management of CMV retinitis in the patient with Wegener's granulomatosis.

Indexed as

cytomegalovirus retinitisganciclovirmaintenance therapyvalganciclovirWegener’s granulomatosis

Identifiers

PMID22536046
PMCPMC3334207
OpenAlexW2060011150

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