Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise

Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection during pregnancy is a rare, but potentially fatal condition. We present a case where prompt treatment with intravenous acyclovir resulted in a successful outcome for both mother and baby.

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Autores principales: Hussain, Nawar Younis, Uriel, Alison, Mammen, Catherine, Bonington, Alec
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320695
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.11
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spelling pubmed-41973762014-10-15 Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise Hussain, Nawar Younis Uriel, Alison Mammen, Catherine Bonington, Alec Qatar Med J Case Report Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection during pregnancy is a rare, but potentially fatal condition. We present a case where prompt treatment with intravenous acyclovir resulted in a successful outcome for both mother and baby. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2014-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4197376/ /pubmed/25320695 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.11 Text en © 2014 Hussain, Uriel, Mammen, Bonington, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mammen, Catherine
Bonington, Alec
Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title_full Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title_fullStr Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title_short Disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
title_sort disseminated herpes simplex infection during pregnancy, rare but important to recognise
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320695
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2014.11
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