The Prevalence of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Compared with Serious Bacterial Illness in Hospitalized Neonates

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-169

  Caviness, A Chantal ^a   Demmler, Gail J ^b,d   Almendarez, Yvette ^c   Selwyn, B J ^e  

^a Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47049108851     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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