- Oral aciclovir
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- 'Mozarrella and tomato pizza' appearance
- Risk of blindness, HIV patients, medical emergency
- Intravenous Ganciclovir
- Foscarnet is also used
Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) bronchiolitis
- Inhaled ribavirin
- Monoclonal antibody is now available that can be used to prevent RSV infection in infants at high risk (palivizumab)
Chronic hepatitis-C infection
- Interferon-alpha given by subcutaneous injection
- Combination therapy with ribavirin is more effective and should be continued for 6 months
HIV
- TWO NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS (AZT and didanosine)
- ONE PROTEASE INHIBITOR (Indinavir)
- Zidovudine + Didanosine
- Indinavir
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