Herpes simplex virus infection in young infants during 2 decades of empiric acyclovir therapy

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 556-561

  Long, Sarah S ^a,b   Pool, Tamara E ^a,b   Vodzak, Jennifer ^a,b   Daskalaki, Irini ^a,b   Gould, Jane M ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

empiric acyclovir therapy; fever in young infants; herpes simplex infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79959771098     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820e3398     Document Type: Article

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