Acyclovir Dosing in Herpes Encephalitis: A Scoping Review

CONCLUSION: Overall, there is a lack of consistency on which body weight to use to calculate acyclovir dose in obese patients. So it is recommended that further interventional studies compare the concentration of intravenous acyclovir between obese and non-obese patients and relating the resultant concentration with the kidney function of the patients.PMID:38364888 | DOI:10.1016/j.japh.2024.02.013
Source: Herpes - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research