Journal Published Online: 01 January 1988
Volume 33, Issue 1

Sudden Death in a Neonate as a Result of Herpes Simplex Infection

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

This paper describes a case of a neonate with disseminated herpes simplex born to a 14-year-old asymptomatic mother. The infant's physical examination was normal at birth, and subsequent abnormalities were so subtle that infection was not recognized during life. Postmortem cultures of liver and spleen grew herpes simplex virus, and immunofluorescent direct antibody typing revealed Type 2. A cervical culture of the mother obtained after the infant's death was negative.

Author Information

Traisman, ES
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Young, S
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Lifschultz, BD
Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Traisman, HS
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Benuck, I
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Chasnoff, I
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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Stock #: JFS12461J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12461J