First two cases of neonatal human parechovirus 4 infection with manifestation of suspected sepsis, Finland

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 328-330

  Jääskeläinen, Anne J ^a,b   Kolehmainen, Pekka ^b,c   Kallio Kokko, Hannimari ^a,b   Nieminen, Tea ^a   Koskiniemi, Marjaleena ^b   Tauriainen, Sisko ^c   Lappalainen, Maija ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human parechovirus 4; Neonatal; PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFUROXIME; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS 4 INFECTION; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 84881503333     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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