A comparison of acyclovir and idoxuridine as treatment for ulcerative herpetic keratitis.
Sixty patients were treated with either acyclovir 2% ointment or idoxuridine 1% ointment 5 times a day in a stratified randomised double-blind clinical trial. The 2 antiviral agents were equally effective.
D000212:Acyclovir; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007065:Idoxuridine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009824:Ointments; D011897:Random Allocation
D009824:Ointments; D006147:Guanine; D007065:Idoxuridine; D000212:Acyclovir