<prompt> Drug contraindicated in dendritic keratitis is: March 20125 idoxuridineCycloplegicsTopical antibioticsDexamethasone  <response>: Ans: D i.e. Dexamethasone The corneal involvement in herpes simplex virus infection can be epithelial dendritic geographic keratitis, stromal necrotizing non-necrotizing stromal keratitis endothelial Drugs epithelial keratitis Epithelial keratitis responds well to topical antivirals 5 IDU idoxuridine drops which are prescribed along with topical antibiotics to prevent secondary bacterial infection, lubricants to relieve discomfo cycloplegics It is uniformly accepted that topical steroids are contraindicated in the presence of active viral replication as occurs in herpes simplex epithelial keratitis 