Use of systemic cyclosporin A in a case of severe Toxocara uveitis

J Infect. 2006 May;52(5):e159-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.07.030. Epub 2005 Oct 5.

Abstract

The report describes the case of an adult patient presenting a severe, serologically proven, Toxocara endophthalmitis, unresponsive to the common surgical and medical approach (vitrectomy, anti-parasitic treatment followed by high-dose corticosteroids). The association of oral cyclosporin A to a lower dose of prednisone was successful in achieving a long-term control of the ocular inflammation without systemic side effects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Cyclosporine / administration & dosage*
  • Cyclosporine / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Toxocara canis / isolation & purification
  • Toxocariasis / complications
  • Toxocariasis / drug therapy*
  • Uveitis / drug therapy*
  • Uveitis / parasitology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclosporine