Usage of interferons in complex therapy of infection diseases of virus origin may reduce the treatment course.
Objective: To evaluate effectiveness and safety of treatment of patients with varicella with Vitaferon in combination therapy.
Material and methods. The basic group included 31 children with chicken pox. Сhildren of this group were prescribed the basic therapy with Vitaferon in complex treatment. A comparison group was comprised mainly of patients with varicella, from 1 month to 17 years old who had only standart therapy.
Results and discussion. Including immunobiological substance Vitaferon into a complex therapy of Varicella allows significantly decrease duration of fever and general intoxication, the intensity and widespreading of rash on the skin and mucous membrane, and also to normalize hemogram by 2–3 days earlier.
Conclusions. The advantage of Vitaferon substance is a good tolerability. Undesirable side reactions have not been registered during its usage for the treatment of varicella. The positive therapeutic effect, convenient usage and safety, lack of the side reaction of Vitaferon allows it to be recommended for use in combination therapy of varicella in children.