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ArticleTherapeutic advances in ophthalmology

Clinical features, optical coherence tomography findings and treatment outcomes of post-fever retinitis.

Dheepak Sundar M, Rohan Chawla, Akshaya Balaji, Itika Garg, Reshmi Kalathil, Nasiq Hasan, S J Vikas, Atul Kumar

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Article in Therapeutic advances in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epidemic retinitis during pregnancy.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023
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  2. Monitoring Weil-Felix test in epidemic retinitis.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dheepak Sundar MDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-9301
Rohan ChawlaDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, Delhi 110029, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-4435
Akshaya BalajiDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Itika GargHarvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Boston, MA, USA; Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-8561
Reshmi KalathilDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Nasiq HasanDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
S J VikasDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Atul KumarDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo study the clinical features, optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings, treatment options and follow-up outcomes of post-fever retinitis (PFR). SUBJECTS: A total of 19 eyes of 13 patients, diagnosed with PFR (retinitis following febrile episode) over 2 years were retrospectively studied.

methodsDocumented history, baseline clinical features and systemic investigations performed for PFR were reviewed. Fundus findings, foveal architecture on swept-source OCT, the treatment options and the follow-up outcomes including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central foveal thickness (CFT) were reviewed and analyzed.

resultsCommon fundus findings included whitish retinitis lesions (100%), macular star (95%, 18eyes), retinal flame-shaped hemorrhages (63%, 12 eyes), inflammatory retinal vessels (30%, 6 eyes), vitreous hemorrhage (one eye) and OCT findings included neuro-sensory detachment (79%, 15 eyes), intraretinal white dots (89.5%,17 eyes). The baseline median log MAR BCVA and CFT were 1.30 (interquartile range (IQR):0.8-1.8) and 423 microns (IQR:182-555). Overall, nine patients (12 eyes) received a combination of oral doxycycline and oral steroids and four patients (7 eyes) received a combination of oral doxycycline, oral steroid and intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (IVA). Significant improvement was evident at 8 weeks in median BCVA (0.50, IQR: 0.3-0.8,

conclusionOur study puts forth certain characteristic fundus and OCT features of PFR. A combination of oral doxycycline and oral steroids as a treatment option showed improvement in BCVA and CFT. Additional IVA helps in faster visual recovery in patients presenting with severe macular edema at onset.

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doxycyclineepidemic retinitisintra-vitreal bevacizumabpost-fever retinitis

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