Neonatal herpes simplex virus presenting with isolated liver failure

Disseminated neonatal herpes simplex virus infection usually presents with multi-organ involvement. Untreated, this disease has a mortality rate of approximately 80%. Here, we describe a well-appearing 3-week old infant with isolated compensated hepatic failure caused by HSV-2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marwan Al Aswad, Manika Suryadevara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250914000079