Systemic oral acyclovir vs placebo or no treatment
Duration of fever · Children and young adults under 25 years with primary herpetic gingivostomatitis (with or without herpes labialis)
1 finding from 1 review
- Amir 1997b: fever disappeared significantly earlier with acyclovir (median 1 day) than placebo (median 3 days); difference in median (95% CI): From 72: 1 (0.0 to 2.0); From 61: 2 (0.8 to 3.2); reported as median, not…2 studiesGRADE not reported