Prolonged fever and hyperferritinaemia: a puzzling diagnosis of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection during COVID-19 pandemic

Neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is rare, with an estimated incidence of 3.58 per 100 000 live births in the UK and should be suspected in any newborn with fever and bacterial culture-negative sepsis. We describe a case of a previously well full-term male neonate who presented with pers...

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Autores principales: Badawy, Mohammed Kamal, Hurrell, Sophie, Baldwin, Catherine, Hassan, Heba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7949446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33692072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-241405

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7949446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33692072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-241405

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