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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aswad, Marwan Al, Suryadevara, Manika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.03.001