The Role of Ganciclovir for the Management of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in HIV Patients: Pharmacological Review and Update on New Developments

Alice Tseng; Michelle Foisy

doi:10.1155/1996/780831

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1996)

The Role of Ganciclovir for the Management of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in HIV Patients: Pharmacological Review and Update on New Developments

Alice Tseng,
Michelle Foisy

Affiliations

Alice Tseng: The Toronto Hospital, The Wellesley Hospital and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michelle Foisy: The Toronto Hospital, The Wellesley Hospital and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/780831
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 183 – 194

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OBJECTIVE: To review the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of intravenous, oral and intraocular ganciclovir, and to discuss the role of these various formulations in the management of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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