In vitro and in vivo effects of polyhexamethylene biguanide against herpes simplex virus infection

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 556-559

  Valluri, Shailaja ^a   Fleming, Timothy P ^a   Laycock, Keith A ^a   Tarle, Ivan S ^a   Goldberg, Marc A ^a   Garcia Ferrer, Francisco J ^a   Essary, Lydia R ^a   Pepose, Jay S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Biguanides; Chlorhexidine; Contact lens; Herpes simplex virus; Herpes simplex virus keratitis; Polyhexamethylene biguanide; Related keratitis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; EYE DROPS; FLUORESCEIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); TRIFLURIDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0030881004     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199709000-00012     Document Type: Article

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