"Foscarnet" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antiviral agent used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. Foscarnet also shows activity against human herpesviruses and HIV.
| Descriptor ID |
D017245
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.018.677.250 D02.705.429.875.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Foscarnet Sodium- Foscarnet Sodium
- Sodium, Foscarnet
- Foscarnet Trisodium Salt
- Trisodium Salt, Foscarnet
- Foscarnet Sodium Hexahydrate
- Hexahydrate, Foscarnet Sodium
- Sodium Hexahydrate, Foscarnet
- Trisodium Phosphonoformate
- Phosphonoformate, Trisodium
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foscarnet" by people in Profiles.
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High-dose Valganciclovir Treatment for Resistant Cytomegalovirus Colitis due to UL97 and UL54 Mutations. Transplant Proc. 2018 Jan - Feb; 50(1):142-144.
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A double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of intravenous magnesium sulfate for foscarnet-induced ionized hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia in patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Aug; 44(8):2143-8.