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foscarnet
(redirected from Foscavir)

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fos·car·net  (fskär-nt)
n.
An antiviral drug, CNa3O5P, used in the treatment of several AIDS-related infections including cytomegalovirus retinitis.

[Alteration of phos(phorus) + car(bon) + net (probably shortening and alteration of Latin natrium, sodium; see natron).]


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50] Virus Foscavir 50-800 [micro]mol/L Cytomegalovirus 5-443 [micro]mol/L Herpes simplex mutants Acyclovir 0.
Approved February 1997 for combination therapy with foscavir and ganciclovir of patients who have relapsed after monotherapy with either drug.
 
 
 
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