Therapeutic Targets
- Symptom relief
- Treat complications and respiratory insufficiency (inadequate breathing resulting in inadequate gas exchange).
- Prevent the spread of infection
Therapy recommendations
- There is currently no specific antiviral therapy.
- Treatment attempt with intravenous (“into the vein“) ribavirin (nucleoside analogue/virostatic, drugs that inhibit viral replication) and glucocorticoids (cortisone) may be undertaken.
- The value of additional therapy with glucocorticoids is unclear.
- Interferon alpha is effective in animal studies.
- In case of superinfection (secondary infection), antibiosis (antibiotic therapy) is given.
