OBJECTIVE: Although antiviral agents are widely used to treat @entity6324 ( @entity6324 ), their relative effectiveness has not been assessed. This study retrospectively compared clinical outcomes in @entity1 with @entity6324 treated with the antiviral agents @entity1033 and @entity28959 . @entity1 AND METHODS: This study involved 227 @entity1 diagnosed with @entity6324 from 2003 to 2015. @entity1 were treated with @entity617 plus @entity1033 (n=102) or @entity28959 (n=125). @entity1 outcomes were measured using the House-Brackmann scale according to age, initial severity of disease, electroneurography, and underlying disease. RESULTS: Based on complications (p=0.019) and disease severity (p=0.013), the overall complete recovery rate was significantly higher with @entity28959 than with @entity1033 , whereas rates of recovery in @entity1 with severe (p=0.111) and initially moderate (grades III-IV; p=0.070) @entity3541 were similar. Electroneurography also showed no difference in remission rate between the two groups (p=0.692). Complete recovery rates in @entity1 with @entity101 and/or @entity6 were similar in the two groups. However, the complete recovery rate of @entity1 without @entity101 and @entity6 was significantly higher in @entity1 treated with @entity28959 than @entity1033 (p=0.018). CONCLUSION: Recovery rates in @entity1 with @entity6324 were higher following treatment with @entity479 plus @entity28959 than with @entity479 plus @entity1033 , especially in @entity1 without @entity101 and @entity6 .

Comparison of XXXX and @entity28959 for @entity6324 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'Patient'] @entity1033 :: ('MESH:D000212', 'Chemical') :: ['acyclovir'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes', 'diabetes mellitus'] @entity3541 :: ('MESH:D005158', 'Disease') :: ['facial palsy'] @entity28959 :: ('MESH:C060590', 'Chemical') :: ['famciclovir'] @entity6324 :: ('MESH:D016697', 'Disease') :: ['RHS', 'Ramsay hunt syndrome'] @entity617 :: ('MESH:D011239', 'Chemical') :: ['prednisolone'] @entity479 :: ('D013256', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid']
@entity1033 :: (MESH:D000212,Chemical) :: ['Acyclovir']
