Neonatal Enterovirus Infection: Case Series of Clinical Sepsis and Positive Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Test with Myocarditis and Cerebral White Matter Injury Complications

Neonatal Enterovirus Infection: Case Series of Clinical Sepsis and Positive Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Test with Myocarditis and Cerebral White Matter Injury Complications

Abstract Objective We describe five neonates with enteroviral (EV) infection to demonstrate central nervous system (CNS) and cardiac complications and report successful treatment of myocarditis with immunoglobulin intravenous (IVIG) in two. Study Design Case series identifi...

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Main Authors: Frank H. Morriss Jr., Julie B. Lindower, Heather L. Bartlett, Dianne L. Atkins, Jean O. Kim, Jonathan M. Klein, Bradley A. Ford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-07-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
enterovirus
immunoglobulin intravenous
meningoencephalitis
myocarditis
neonate
periventricular leukomalacia
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1593406

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