The pharmacokinetic basis of oral valacyclovir treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) or varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis, meningoencephalitis or encephalitis in adults

J Chemother. 2017 Apr;29(2):122-125. doi: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000065. Epub 2016 Jul 22.

Authors

Burke A Cunha^{1

2}, Jeffrey Baron³

Affiliations

¹ a Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital , Mineola , NY , USA.
² c State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook , USA.
³ b Pharmacy Department , Winthrop-University Hospital , Mineola , NY , USA.

PMID: 26239190
DOI: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000065

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MeSH terms

Acyclovir / analogs & derivatives*
Acyclovir / pharmacokinetics
Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Adult
Encephalitis / drug therapy*
Encephalitis / virology
Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
Herpes Simplex / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / drug effects*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Viral / drug therapy*
Meningitis, Viral / virology
Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy*
Meningoencephalitis / virology
Simplexvirus / drug effects*
Valacyclovir
Valine / analogs & derivatives*
Valine / pharmacokinetics
Valine / therapeutic use
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / drug therapy
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / virology

Substances

Valine
Valacyclovir
Acyclovir