Herpes zoster in a 2-week-old premature infant with possible congenital varicella encephalitis.
This report concerns a case of neonatal herpes zoster associated with maternal gestational varicella. The child developed skin lesions at 18 days of age virologically confirmed to be varicella-zoster. The baby also had encephalitis and aspiration probably due to bulbar paralysis. Multiple small necrotic areas were found in the thalamus at post-mortem examination.
D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious