A comparison study on the clinical effects of foscarnet sodium injection and interferon on human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients complicated with herpes zoster. | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 2015

Author(s)

Yuan-Yuan Qu Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China

Xiong-Ming Pu Department of Dermatology, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Xiao-Jing Kang Department of Dermatology, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Cai-Xia An Department of Dermatology, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Abstract

Objective: To compare the clinical effects of foscarnet sodium injection and interferon on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients complicated with herpes zoster. Methods: Ninety HIV-infected patients complicated with herpes zoster were divided into a treatment group and a control group that were both treated routinely first. Then the control group and treatment group were administered with interferon and foscarnet sodium injection respectively for four consecutive weeks. Results: After four weeks, the effective rates of the treatment and control groups were 95.6% and 80.0% respectively, which were significantly different (P

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Page(s) 309-313

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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Year: 2015

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