ACYCLOVIR-RESISTANT NEONATAL HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS-INFECTION OF THE LARYNX

Authors
NYQUIST AC ROTBART HA COTTON M ROBINSON C WEINBERG A HAYWARD AR BERENS RL LEVIN MJ
Citation
Ac. Nyquist et al., ACYCLOVIR-RESISTANT NEONATAL HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS-INFECTION OF THE LARYNX, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(6), 1994, pp. 967-971
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
967 - 971
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:6<967:ANHVOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A 10-day-old infant with strider was found to have herpes simplex viru s type 2 infection of the larynx. The infant's poor clinical response to both acyclovir and foscarnet prompted extensive clinical and virolo gic evaluations, which revealed acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex vir us.