Upper airway obstruction in association with perinatally acquired herpes simplex virus infection.
Two cases of neonatal upper respiratory tract obstruction caused by herpes simplex virus are described. Infection of the upper respiratory tract with this virus should be included in the differential diagnosis of fever and stridor during the neonatal period.
Nadel
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Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
Offit
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PA
Hodinka
R L
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Gesser
R M
RM
Bell
L M
LM
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000209:etiology