Fatal illness associated with pulmonary hypertension in a neonate caused by intrauterine echovirus 11 infection

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-61

  Willems, A ^a,b   Benne, C A ^c   Timmer, A ^b   Bergman, K A ^b  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intrauterine echovirus infection; Pulmonary hypertension; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NETILMICIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; SURFACTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 11; FATALITY; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PICORNAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 32244444049     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918890     Document Type: Article

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