Oral antiviral drugs in experimental herpes simplex keratitis.

Abstract	Chronic oral administration of acyclovir or bromovinyl deoxyuridine to rabbits did not prevent recurrence of virus shedding or clinical corneal disease, nor did it alter the clinical course of recurrences of ocular herpetic disease or result in the appearance of resistant virus in tears.
Authors	H E Kaufman, E D Varnell, Y M Centifanto-Fitzgerald, E De Clercq, G E Kissling
Journal	Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 24 Issue 6 Pg. 888-91 (Dec 1983) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
PMID	6318664 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References	Antiviral Agents brivudine Bromodeoxyuridine Acyclovir
Topics	Acyclovir (therapeutic use) Animals Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use) Bromodeoxyuridine (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use) Female Keratitis, Dendritic (drug therapy, pathology) Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Rabbits Simplexvirus (drug effects)

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