Abstract
Cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) is an opportunistic infection seen in immunocompromised patients, especially suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It is uncommonly seen in hematological malignancies and in patients on immunosuppressants. The authors present a 12-year-old girl with unilateral CMVR who was on maintenance phase therapy for mixed phenotype (B/myeloid) leukemia. Serology for human immunodeficiency virus was negative. The child was successfully treated with oral valganciclovir and repeated intravitreal ganciclovir injections. CMVR in pediatric population with leukemia can be successfully treated with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir injections.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016
- Journal
- Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), 250-252
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
Tripathy, K., Mittal, K., Venkatesh, P., Bakhshi, S., & Chawla, R. (2017). Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), 250-252. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016
MLA 9
Tripathy, Koushik, et al. "Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 10, no. 3, 2017, pp. 250-252. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016.
Chicago (author–date)
Tripathy, Koushik, Kanhaiya Mittal, Pradeep Venkatesh, Sameer Bakhshi, and Rohan Chawla. 2017. "Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 10 (3): 250-252. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016.
Harvard
Tripathy, K., Mittal, K., Venkatesh, P., Bakhshi, S. and Chawla, R. (2017) 'Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), pp. 250-252. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016.
Vancouver
Tripathy K, Mittal K, Venkatesh P, Bakhshi S, Chawla R. Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2017;10(3):250-252. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016
IEEE
K. Tripathy, K. Mittal, P. Venkatesh, S. Bakhshi, and R. Chawla, "Treatment of unilateral zone I cytomegalovirus retinitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with oral valganciclovir and intravitreal ganciclovir," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 250-252, 2017, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_190_2016.