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Maternal Herpetic Breast Infection : Another Hazard of Neonatal Herpes Simplex
Author(s) -
Quinn P. T.,
Lofberg J. V.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb76818.x
Subject(s) - medicine , herpes simplex virus , complication , obstetrics , pediatrics , virology , virus
After the death of an eight–day–old breast–fed neonate with disseminated herpes simplex, the mother was found to have herpes simplex infections of both nipples. This complication of neonatal herpes infection does not appear to have been reported previously.