Herpes simplex virus encephalitis during suppressive therapy with acyclovir in a premature infant

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 804-809

  Fonseca Aten, Monica ^a   Messina, Allison F ^a   Jafri, Hasan S ^a   Sánchez, Pablo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; PHENOBARBITAL; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEIZURE; SKIN INFECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 20344387862     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0777     Document Type: Article

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