Human Herpesvirus-6 Meningitis in a Premature Infant with Fevers: A Case and Literature Review

Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a common virus that can cause nearly universal infection in infancy and early childhood. It typically manifests as an acute febrile illness. We describe a case of a premature infant with congenital hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis with a ventriculoperiton...

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Autores principales: Kim, Faith, Reichman, Victoria, Hooven, Thomas A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7169356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32341669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179547620912952
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description Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a common virus that can cause nearly universal infection in infancy and early childhood. It typically manifests as an acute febrile illness. We describe a case of a premature infant with congenital hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in place who developed intermittent fevers while she was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. She was ultimately diagnosed with acute HHV-6 meningitis. In addition to this report, we present a literature review regarding this virus’s potential modes of transmission and forms of clinical presentation in the neonatal period.
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spelling pubmed-71693562020-04-27 Human Herpesvirus-6 Meningitis in a Premature Infant with Fevers: A Case and Literature Review Kim, Faith Reichman, Victoria Hooven, Thomas A Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a common virus that can cause nearly universal infection in infancy and early childhood. It typically manifests as an acute febrile illness. We describe a case of a premature infant with congenital hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in place who developed intermittent fevers while she was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. She was ultimately diagnosed with acute HHV-6 meningitis. In addition to this report, we present a literature review regarding this virus’s potential modes of transmission and forms of clinical presentation in the neonatal period. SAGE Publications 2020-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7169356/ /pubmed/32341669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179547620912952 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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