• Yih-Shiou Hwang, Ken-Kuo Lin, Jiahn-Shing Lee, Shirley H L Chang, Kuan-Jen Chen, Chi-Chun Lai, Jerry Chien-Chieh Huang, Ya-Hui Kuo, and Ching-Hsi Hsiao.
• Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
• Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. 2010 Feb 1; 248 (2): 263-9.

BackgroundA pilot study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic results of intravitreal ganciclovir injection as a loading dose with or without the following oral valganciclovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior uveitis in immunocompetent patients.MethodsSix consecutive patients in whom active CMV anterior uveitis was detected by polymerase chain reaction assay of the aqueous humor were enrolled between January 2006 and December 2008. These patients received an intravitreal injection of ganciclovir (2 mg/0.05 ml) as a loading dose. Subsequent use of oral valganciclovir (900 mg twice a day) was determined according to the severity of the post-injection aqueous inflammation. Immune status and anterior chamber reaction of individual patients, visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP) at study entry, and follow-up intervals were examined.ResultsThe mean patient-month follow-up period after intravitreal injection was 14.7 months (range, 12-22 months). Two patients received only the intravitreal ganciclovir injection once and four patients had received the following oral valganciclovir for average 2.3 months (range, 1-4 months). With this treatment strategy, the best-corrected visual acuity of the patients improved or stabilized; the IOP and the inflammation of anterior chamber of the patients were well controlled at all time points and there were no treatment-associated complications by the end of follow-up.ConclusionsIn patients with CMV anterior uveitis, intravitreal ganciclovir injection as a loading dose with or without the following oral valganciclovir can control the inflammation and IOP well.

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