Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Treatment of Bilateral Candida Chorioretinitis Complicated with Choroidal Neovascularization

Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization

“…1,2,38,39 Antimicrobial therapy should be added in eyes with CNV in the setting of active toxoplasmic or tuberculous retinochoroiditis. Four Original Articles [40][41][42][43] and two Letters 44,45 in this issue of Ocular Immunology & Inflammation (OII) describe the occurrence, clinical and multimodal imaging features, and management of CNV in the setting of uveitis.…”

“…Zonnevylle and Stanescu-Segall 45 described an 83year-old man who develop Candida albicans chorioretinitis in the setting of post-surgical candidemia complicated by the formation of bilateral type 2 CNV. The active infection and CNV were treated with systemic fluconazole and a combination of intravitreal amphotericin B followed by a series of 11 monthly injections of bevacizumab in the right eye and 12 monthly injections in the left eye.…”