Biting Cousins-Disseminated Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection from a Human Bite

J Pediatr. 2016 Feb:169:328-328.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.059. Epub 2015 Nov 12.

Authors

Elizabeth Mann¹, Michael Pitt², Shane McAllister³

Affiliations

¹ Pediatrics Residency Program, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Division of Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PMID: 26581494
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.059

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Bites, Human / virology*
Disease Transmission, Infectious*
Family
Herpes Simplex / diagnosis
Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
Herpes Simplex / transmission*
Herpesvirus 1, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infusions, Intravenous
Male
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Acyclovir

Supplementary concepts

Neonatal herpes