Acyclovir may improve the prognosis of patients with an elevated HSV viral load during ventilator-associated pneumonia not responding to antibiotic treatment. ( Schuierer L. et al. )
Impact of acyclovir use on survival of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and high load herpes simplex virus replication.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) replication can be detected in the respiratory secretions of a high proportion of ventilated intensive care … Suite