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Herpes Zoster in a 2‐Week‐Old Premature Infant with Possible Congenital Varicella Encephalitis
Author(s) -
BENNET R.,
FORSGREN M.,
HERIN P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10072.x
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalitis , pediatrics , paralysis , gestational age , virology , pregnancy , virus , surgery , biology , genetics
.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.