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In the last 20 years, we have begun to see some progress in the treatment of viruses. The treatment of viral infections other than HIV-1 has not reached the level of sophistication that treatment of bacterial infection has. Therefore, we have devoted less time to this subject than to the treatment of bacteria. The treatment of HIV-1 is a subject for a separate textbook, so in this book we are only presenting basic principles of treatment. The actual drug used changes dramatically from 1 year to the next based on availability of new agents as well as the development of resistance to some old drugs.
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Finberg, R.W., Guharoy, R. (2012). Clinical Approach to Treatment of Viral Infections. In: Clinical Use of Anti-infective Agents. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1068-3_20
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