To assess the efficacy and side effects of tacrolimus as a potent
immunosuppressitte macrolicle antibiotic, in treatment of sightthreatening
refractory uveitis.
Patients and Methods: A clinical study gf tacrolirnus in uveitis patients
who required systemic imrnunosuppression for control and were refractory
to corticosteroids.
. Six patients with wields were treated: three had Behcet disease, one
had idiopathic vasculitis, one had Serpiginous choroiditis, and one had
postoperative pseudophakic uveitis.
Intraocular inflammation, visual acuity (VA),were recorded. Adverse effects
of tacrolimus were documented. |
