Article
Occurrence and characterization of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus isolates: report on a two-year sensitivity screening survey.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1992
Nugier F, Colin J N, Aymard M, Langlois M
Abstract excerpt
For the past 2 years, a survey network was established for the screening of acyclovir (ACV)-resistant clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus (HSV). Among 889 strains tested for in vitro ACV sensitivity, 14 HSV-1 and 6 HSV-2 were resistant to ACV concentrations exceeding 3 micrograms/ml. These resistant isolates were most often obtained after prolonged ACV treatment of severely immunocompromised patients. For...
Topics
- Acyclovir
- Antiviral Agents
- Drug Monitoring
- Drug Resistance
- Genetic Variation
- Herpes Simplex
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutagenesis
- Simplexvirus
- Thymidine Kinase
