ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY

Refining the Evaluation and Management of Neonatal Herpes Infection

July 1, 2016

Neonatal herpes infection usually presents with seizure, vesicular rash, or critical illness. The subset of infected patients without those signs were younger than two weeks of age and/or had cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis.

Issue Date: July 1, 2016

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Infectious Disease Alert’s editor, Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA, reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study; peer reviewer Patrick Joseph, MD, is laboratory director for Genomic Health, Siemens Corp., and CareDx; Updates author, Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, peer reviewer Kiran Gajurel, MD, continuing education and editorial director Lee Landenberger, executive editor Shelly Morrow Mark, and associate managing editor Jonathan Springston report no financial relationships to this field of study.

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