title: Therapy of chorioretinitis presumed to be caused by histoplasmosis.
abstract: We acknowledge that for most patients with istoplasmic chorioretinitis, the only treatment available is steroids. We agree with Schlaegel that steroids have to be used in adequate doses and for long periods of time. Alternate-day treatment should be instituted as soon as possible. Because it  takes the adrenals 10 days to to weeks to be suppressed by sterid therapy, we treat our patients with daily doses for as short a time as possible and then witch over o alernate-day treatment. A short-acting steroid such as prednisone, prednisolone, or methylprednisolone should be used at the outset if long-term therapy is necessary and one anticipates using alternate-day therapy...
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006659:Histoplasmin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D014978:Xenon; D000666:Amphotericin B; D006659:Histoplasmin