Acyclovir suppression to prevent cesarean delivery after first-episode genital herpes
Scott LL;Sanchez PJ;Jackson GL;Zeray F;Wendel GD;;
Obstetrics and gynecology1996Vol. 87pp. -
336
ll1996obstetricsacyclovir
Abstract
Suppressive acyclovir therapy reduced the need for cesarean for recurrent herpes in women whose first clinical episode of genital HSV occurred during pregnancy. Suppressive acyclovir treatment did not increase asymptomatic viral shedding and was not harmful to the term fetus.