Combination therapy boosts CMV control.

Discusses a study which explored the effect of administering oral ganciclovir combined with a ganciclovir intraocular implant on the incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease and retinitis in patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis. Comments from Daniel F. Martin, lead author of the study; How the study was conducted; Dosage and administration of the ganciclovir; Median time to progression of retinitis among patients assigned to intravenous ganciclovir.