Dendritic keratitis caused by an acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus with frameshift mutation

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-106

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Shiraishi, Atsushi ^a   Shimamura, Ichiroh ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^b   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir resistance; Frameshift mutation; Herpes simplex virus; Keratitis; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FOSCARNET; IDOXURIDINE; POLYMER; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRIFLURIDINE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA ULCER; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ASSAY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IC 50; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; KERATITIS, DENDRITIC; MALE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 33846020934     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240081.19635.db     Document Type: Article

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