PMID: 22568132May 10, 2012Paper

Mechanism of action of antiviral drugs

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
Kimiyasu ShirakiTakashi Kuramoto

Abstract

Antiviral therapy is now one of routine practices and as common as chemotherapy against bacterial infection. Therefore it is important for the clinicians to understand the differences between bacterial and viral infections in order to use antiviral drugs properly. This review focuses the difference of the mechanism of action of antiviral drugs and antibiotics and the importance of host immune status to recover from microbial infection.

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