Herpes Simplex Virus 1 infection: Misleading findings in an infant with disseminated disease

New Microbiologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-313

  Capretti, Maria Grazia ^a   Marsico, Concetta ^a   Lazzarotto, Tiziana ^a   Gabrielli, Liliana ^a   Bagni, Alberto ^a   De Angelis, Morena ^a   Rossini, Roberto ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disseminated disease; HSV 1; Neonatal infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HEART; HERPES NEONATORUM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACYCLOVIR; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE, STRIATED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84883202053     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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