Congenital herpes simplex virus infection: Two unique cutaneous presentations associated with probable intrauterine transmission

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-315

  Koch, Laine H ^a   Fisher, Randall G ^b   Chen, Catherine ^a   Foster, Maura M ^a   Bass, W Thomas ^b   Williams, Judith V ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; TRIFLURIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG MEGADOSE; EROSION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LEUKOPENIA; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; NECROSIS; SKIN;

EID: 58149354230     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.08.038     Document Type: Article

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