The mortality of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection.
J Pediatr
; 166(6): 1529-32.e1, 2015 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25868428
ABSTRACT
This retrospective study characterized the clinical course of 13 neonates who died with herpes simplex virus infection from 2001 to 2011, representing a 26% case-fatality rate. Fatal disease developed at ≤ 48 hours of age in one-third of infants, was mostly disseminated disease, and occurred despite early administration of high-dose acyclovir therapy.
Full text:
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Herpes Simplex
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Language:
En
Year:
2015
Type:
Article