Neonatal herpes infection: Case report and discussion

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 758-762

  White, Jordan C ^a   Magee, Susanna R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Fever of unknown origin; Infectious diseases; Neonatal Herpes simplex virus infection; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SERTRALINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DEPRESSION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 81855225870     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100257     Document Type: Article

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