Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 893-894

  Distel, Rotem ^a,b   Hofer, Vered ^a,b   Bogger Goren, Sarah ^a,b   Shalit, Itamar ^a,b   Garty, Ben Zion ^a,b  

^a S Children's Med Ctr Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Herpes simplex virus; Orogenital contact

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; JEW; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUSTULE; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEWS; MALE;

EID: 0346888720     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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