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HERBERT E. KAUFMAN, M.D.; EMILY D. MALONEY

Arch Ophthalmol. 1962;68(3):396-398.

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The indiscriminate clinical use of corticosteroids "when the eye is red" has contributed greatly to the severity and variety of herpes simplex keratitis.^1,2 Similarly, the deleterious effects of corticosteroids on experimental herpes simplex keratitis have been well documented.^3,4 Since, when used indiscriminately, corticosteroids are dangerous, and since the antiviral agents described to date are not effective in treating iritis or disease accompanied by folds in Descemet's membrane,⁵ it would be desirable if topical corticosteroids could be used with safety.

The preparation, 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine (IDU), is a specific antiviral agent that stops viral replication.^6,7 The experiments described below document the effects of the combination of IDU with corticosteroids.

Methods and Materials

Albino rabbits were infected with strains of herpes simplex virus as previously described.⁶ Drops of IDU were administered as a 0.1% solution and hydrocortisone as a 0.5% solution. In some experiments, when the two were given . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Gainesville, Fla.

Division of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 22, 1962.

Supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Grant B-3538 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness of the National Institutes of Health.

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