Literature DB >> 1927328

Retinitis following disseminated cryptococcosis in a renal allograft recipient. Efficacy of oral fluconazole.

A Agarwal1, A Gupta, V Sakhuja, P Talwar, K Joshi, K S Chugh.   

Abstract

A case of retinitis following disseminated cryptococcus neoformans infection in a renal allograft recipient is reported. Therapy with oral fluconazole showed a remarkable improvement at the end of 8 weeks. This is the first report of the use of fluconazole in the treatment of cryptococcal retinitis.

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Year:  1991        PMID： 1927328     DOI： 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1991.tb04836.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh)        ISSN： 0001-639X


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