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- noun A
phosphonic acid derivative used as anantiviral drug to treatherpes viruses .
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Examples
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The FDA is also allowing imports from Britain of foscarnet, an antibiotic sometimes used after organ transplants.
Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Despite therapy with a combination of antiviral drugs (ganciclovir, foscarnet and cidofovir), mortality is high (10 of 11 cases).
Naturejobs - All Jobs S M Reddy 2010
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Patients who develop CMV polyradiculopathy while on ganciclovir or foscarnet therapy should receive combination therapy with both drugs.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows yassermetwally 2010
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Ganciclovir and foscarnet have been used, but their efficacy is unknown.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows yassermetwally 2010
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An international panel that developed guidelines for treatment of CMV diseases in adults with AIDS receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy [73] recommended treatment with intravenous ganciclovir, intravenous foscarnet, or a combination of the two drugs.
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AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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The development of CMV CNS disease is associated with risk factors (T-cell depletion, anti-thymocyte globulin, umbilical cord blood transplantation) that cause severe and protracted T-cell immunodeficiency (8 of 11 cases), a history of recurrent CMV viremia treated with multiple courses of preemptive ganciclovir or foscarnet therapy (11 of 11 cases), and ganciclovir-resistant CMV infection (11 of 11 cases).
Naturejobs - All Jobs S M Reddy 2010
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AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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Ganciclovir and foscarnet have been used, but their efficacy is unknown.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows yassermetwally 2010
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