Famciclovir substitution for patients with acyclovir-associated renal toxicity

Journal of Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-268

  Htwe, Tin Han ^a   Bergman, Scott ^a,b   Koirala, Janak ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Famciclovir; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; LINEZOLID; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH ULCER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

2-AMINOPURINE; ACYCLOVIR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 50449101236     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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