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Phosphonoformate (foscarnet, PFA) versus trifluorthymidine in the treatment of keratitis dendritica in the human
Author(s) -
BehrensBaumann W.
Publication year - 1992
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.1755-3768.1992.tb02154.x
Subject(s) - foscarnet , keratitis , medicine , ophthalmology , virology , ganciclovir , virus , human cytomegalovirus
Twenty patients with dendritic keratitis were treated in a double‐blind analysis study with either phosphonoformate 3% or trifluorthymidine 1% drops. Nineteen cases were virologically confirmed. Follow‐up was performed until closure of the corneal lesion was registered and a pair comparison between both substances was made. Healing time was longer for phosphonoformate (7.16 days) than for trifluorthymidine (5.83 days). There was no significant difference between phosphonoformate and trifluorthymidine. One drug failure was registered in each series. No side effects were observed.