title: [Mechanism of action of antiviral drugs].
abstract: Antiviral therapy is now one of routine practices and as common as chemotherapy against bacterial infection. Therefore it is important for the clinicians to understand the differences between bacterial and viral infections in order to use antiviral drugs properly. This review focuses the difference of the mechanism of action of antiviral drugs and antibiotics and the importance of host immune status to recover from microbial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Toyama.
authors.forename: Kimiyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraki
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Daikoku
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Himaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuramoto
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral; D006801:Humans; D019562:Viral Load; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents