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ACYCLOVIR IN THE TREATMENT OF HERPETIC KERATITIS
Author(s) -
JENSEN KLAUS BO,
NISSEN STEEN H.,
JESSEN FLEMMING
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1982.tb00600.x
Subject(s) - medicine , keratitis , debridement (dental) , cure rate , dermatology , surgery , cornea , ophthalmology
Fourty‐three eyes with active dendritic keratitis, nearly one third of which had failed to respond to other antiviral agents, were treated with acyclovir with or without preceding debridement. The patients were randomly selected. No statistical difference could be demonstrated between the 2 groups in terms of rate of healing or in efficacy of cure. Acyclovir also seemed to be effective in stromal corneal lesions. There were only minor side effects.