Human Herpesvirus-6 Meningitis in a Premature Infant with Fevers: A Case and Literature Review.
HHV-6 meningitis
congenital hydrocephalus
prematurity
Journal
Clinical medicine insights. Case reports
ISSN: 1179-5476
Titre abrégé: Clin Med Insights Case Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101531893
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
15
11
2019
accepted:
20
02
2020
entrez:
29
4
2020
pubmed:
29
4
2020
medline:
29
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a common virus that can cause nearly universal infection in infancy and early childhood. It typically manifests as an acute febrile illness. We describe a case of a premature infant with congenital hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in place who developed intermittent fevers while she was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. She was ultimately diagnosed with acute HHV-6 meningitis. In addition to this report, we present a literature review regarding this virus's potential modes of transmission and forms of clinical presentation in the neonatal period.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32341669
doi: 10.1177/1179547620912952
pii: 10.1177_1179547620912952
pmc: PMC7169356
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1179547620912952Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : K08 AI132555
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of conflicting interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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