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Am J Perinatol 1987; 4(4): 334-338
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999803
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999803
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
© 1987 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Congenital Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type II Infection in a Premature Infant
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Publication History
Publication Date:
04 March 2008 (online)
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.