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Development of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus early during the treatment of herpes neonatorum.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2001
Levin M J, Weinberg A, Leary J J, Sarisky R T
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic analysis of herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA extracted from clinical specimens from a case of fatal disseminated neonatal HSV demonstrated that an infant developed an acyclovir-resistant HSV containing a mutation in the HSV thymidine kinase gene during the first seven days of acyclovir therapy.
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