Ascending in utero herpes simplex virus infection in an initially healthy-appearing premature infant

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-158

  Edwards, Morven S ^a   Popek, Edwina J ^a   Wise, Brittany ^b   Hatzenbuehler, Lindsay ^a   Arunachalam, Athis R ^a   Hair, Amy B ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascending infection; Chorioamnionitis; Congenital infection; Herpes simplex virus; In utero infection; Intrauterine

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BILIRUBIN; STEROID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AMNION CELL; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BED REST; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FETUS MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VESICULAR RASH; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; UMBILICAL CORD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927946867     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/14-09-1548-CR.1     Document Type: Article

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