Disseminated herpes simplex virus infection presenting as fever in the newborn - A lethal outcome

Journal of Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-241

  Jain, R ^a   Shareef, M ^a   Rowley, A ^a   Raible, M D ^a   Husain, A N ^a   Myers, T F ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FATALITY; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029950970     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(96)80027-2     Document Type: Article

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