Successful Treatment of Corticosteroid with Antiviral Therapy for a Neonatal Liver Failure with Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

Successful Treatment of Corticosteroid with Antiviral Therapy for a Neonatal Liver Failure with Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

Abstract Background Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection carries one of the poorest outcomes of neonatal liver failure (NLF). Neonates with disseminated HSV infection can develop hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), and occasionally need orthotopic liver transplantation. Early inte...

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Main Authors: Shinji Maeba, Shunji Hasegawa, Maiko Shimomura, Takuya Ichimura, Kazumasa Takahashi, Masashi Motoyama, Shinnosuke Fukunaga, Yoshinori Ito, Takashi Ichiyama, Shouichi Ohga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
fulminant liver failure
newborn
herpes simplex virus
acyclovir
methylprednisolone pulse therapy
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1398392

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