Congenital Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type II Infection in a Premature Infant

1 October 1987

journal article
research article
Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in American Journal of Perinatology

Vol. 4 (04) , 334-338
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-999803

Abstract

A rare case of congenital herpes simplex virus type II infection is reported in a 25-week premature infant. Transmission of infection was thought to be transplacental, and the infection was rapidly fatal ex utero due to extensive antenatal disseminated disease.

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