Herpes simplex pneumonia: Combination therapy with oral acyclovir and aerosolized ribavirin in an immunocompetent patient

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Terzano, Claudio ^a,b   Petroianni, Angelo ^a   Ricci, Alberto ^a  

^a INMI   (Italy)

^b 18 00136 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

acyclovir; herpes simplex virus; pneumonia; ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 3242673327     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(04)90008-2     Document Type: Article

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