Intravenous acyclovir causing vesicular eruptions at and away from infusion site in a child

Deepty Nauriyal; Anand Shukla

doi:10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20230451

Authors

Deepty Nauriyal Department of Pediatrics, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Anand Shukla Department of Pharmacology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20230451

Keywords:

Acyclovir, Child, Adverse reaction, Vesicular eruptions, Case report

Abstract

Acyclovir is an antiviral drug used to treat infections caused by Herpes virus. Acyclovir is known to cause systemic and local adverse reactions. Local adverse reactions include inflammatory reactions at infusion site. We case report a child with vesicular eruptions at and away from infusion site due to IV acyclovir. It is quite a rare finding, as only few such cases have been reported till now in literature.

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