[Treatment of experimental herpetic keratitis in rabbits with acycloguanosine (author's transl)]

The antiviral activity of a new antiherpetic compound called acycloguanosine was compared to the activity of 0.12 per cent idoxuridine against a superficial herpes simplex keratitis in the rabbit, using a multiple microinoculation technique. The results of the acycloguanosine group were better than the other group. No toxic side effects could be detected by slitlamp examination.