Efficacy of Acyclovir to Suppress Herpes Simplex Virus Oropharyngeal Reactivation in Patients Who Are Mechanically Ventilated: An Ancillary Study of the Preemptive Treatment for Herpesviridae (PTH) Trial.
rct · Level II
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34928361.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39825 and PMC identifier 8689380.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of acyclovir for preventing oropharyngeal HSV reactivation among patients who were mechanically ventilated.
Medical subject headings
- Acyclovir
- Antiviral Agents
- Herpes Simplex
- Latent Infection
- Oropharynx
- Respiration, Artificial