Is acyclovir effective among critically ill patients with herpes simplex in the respiratory tract?

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Traen, Stephanie ^a   Bochanen, Niels ^a   Ieven, Margareta ^b   Schepens, Tom ^a   Bruynseels, Peggy ^b,c   Verbrugghe, Walter ^a   Jorens, Philippe G ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Bronchoalveolar; Critical care; Herpes; Outcome; Respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902124387     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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