title: Acyclovir-resistant, foscarnet-sensitive oral herpes simplex type 2 lesion in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: We report the case of an immunocompromised patient with AIDS in whom developed a perioral and several intraoral HSV 2 lesions that persisted for more than 1 year. The virus was resistant to acyclovir but was sensitive to foscarnet. Viral isolates were thymidine kinase negative. The lesions resolved with intravenous foscarnet therapy given over a 15-week period, and when last seen, 8 months after foscarnet was discontinued, the patient had not had a recurrence.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: MacPhail
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiødt
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Drennan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017245:Foscarnet; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D017245:Foscarnet; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid; D000212:Acyclovir