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Abstract
A rapid screening test for antiviral susceptibility to acyclovir and foscarnet was evaluated in 320 herpes simplex virus (HSV) isolates from 197 patients. Of the isolates tested (16% HSV-1, 84% HSV-2), 60% were resistant in vitro to acyclovir and 5% were resistant to foscarnet using the plaque reduction assay. The rapid screening test, requiring only 3 days to yield a preliminary susceptibility result, was highly associated with the results of the plaque reduction assay for acyclovir and foscarnet (P < or = .001 for each) and with the clinical response to antiviral therapy (P < .001, P = .001, respectively).Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8133105 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.4.879
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226