NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS DUE TO NEONAT AL HERPES-GESTATIONIS

Citation
M. Berthier et al., NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS DUE TO NEONAT AL HERPES-GESTATIONIS, Archives de pediatrie, 3(5), 1996, pp. 460-462
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0929693X
Volume
3
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
460 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0929-693X(1996)3:5<460:NMDTNA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Background.- Herpes gestationis in the neonate is usually associated w ith an increased risk of premature birth and/or low birth weight for g estational age (GA) and sometimes skin lesions. Neurologic manifestati ons are nos described in these babies. Case report.- A boy was born at 35 weeks of GA from a mother who developed skin eruption typical of h erpes gestationis. His weight was 2320 g and his height was 46 cm. He had transient respiratory distress syndrome and was given antibiotics due to suspected group B streptococcus injection. He developed on day 3 skin vesiculous eruption which disappeared within 3 days and neurolo gic manifestations: hypertonia and hyperkinesis, abnormal EEG. The CSF was normal. The manifestations spontaneously disappeared within 5 day s. The herpes gestationis factor was present in both mother and infant . Conclusion.- A relationship beetween the maternal herpes gestationis and neonatal neurologic manifestations is possible; there was no othe r known causes for the transient neurological disease.