DISSEMINATED NEONATAL HERPES SIMPLEX INFECTION - A CASE REPORT
Abstract
Neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV)
infections are transmitted from an infected
mother,usually vertically, during
delivery. The incidence of infection is approximately
one per 3,000 to 20,000live
births. Three subtypes of natally acquired
or postnatally acquired infection have
been identified(1) disease localized to
the skin, eye or mouth (2) encephalitis,
with or without skin, eye or mouthinvolvement
(3) disseminated infection that involves
multiple sites, including the central
nervoussystem, lung, liver, adrenals,
skin, eye or mouth. We report a 9 days
old preterm child with disseminated neonatal
herpes.
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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