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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Jan;130(1):113–115. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.380

Table 1.

Demographic information and treatment regimens

Total number of patients 6
 Male (%) 4 (67)
 Female 2 (33)

Median age (Range) 56.5 (10 mo–72 yrs)

HIV status
 Positive (%) 2 (33)
 Negative 4 (67)

Therapy for CMV retinitis patients*
 Intravitreal foscarnet** (%) 6 (100)
 Oral valganciclovir 5 (83)
 IV foscarnet or ganciclovir 2 (33)
 Ganciclovir implant 1 (16)
*

This includes all medications administered after ocular fluid was obtained for PCR testing, including the initial foscarnet injection in all cases.

**

Foscarnet administered in a dose of 2.4 mg/0.1 ml

Abbreviations HIV Human immunodeficiency virus PCR Polymerase chain reaction CMV Cytomegalovirus VZV Varicella zoster virus IV Intravenous