Treatment is supportive. Ribavirin and cidofovir exhibit in vitro activity against adenovirus and therefore are used occasionally in disseminated adenovirus infections, but definitive efficacy data are not available.
For a more detailed discussion, see Baden LR, Dolin R: Antiviral Chemotherapy, Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs, Chap. 215e; Dolin R: Common Viral Respiratory Infections, Chap. 223, p. 1202; and Cohen YZ, Dolin R: Influenza, Chap. 224, p. 1209, in HPIM-19. |
Section 7. Infectious Diseases