Is prophylactic acyclovir treatment warranted for prevention of herpes simplex virus infections in facial burns? A review of the literature

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-362

  Haik, Josef ^a   Weissman, Oren ^a   Stavrou, Demetris ^a   Ben Noon, Hadar Israeli ^a   Liran, Alon ^a   Tessone, Ariel ^a   Zmora, Niv ^a   Zilinsky, Isaac ^a   Winkler, Eyal ^a   Gur, Eyal ^a   Stahl, Shy ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COSMETIC; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; VALACICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BURN PATIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FACE BURN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; REVIEW; VIRUS CULTURE; VOMITING; WOUND HEALING;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BURNS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79955972940     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318217f6de     Document Type: Review

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