Herpes simplex keratitis: new therapeutical trends

The prognosis of herpetic keratitis has been dramatically improved during the past years because of a better understanding of their physio-pathologic phenomenons, and mostly because of the use of very efficient antiviral drugs. Superficial keratitis are easily cured in most cases; deep stromal keratitis, that often require corticosteroid treatment, are more difficult to heal. Prophylactic treatment of the reccurrences by oral antiviral drugs represents a promising new concept for herpetic keratitis. (C) 2002 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.