Identifying Infants at Low Risk for Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
Among infants presenting for neonatal sepsis evaluations, those without HSV infection are unlikely to present with seizures, skin lesions, elevated ALT, thrombocytopenia, CSF pleocytosis, or critical illness compared to infants with HSV. The lack of these criteria can be used to guide targeted evaluation and management of neonatal HSV infection to minimize testing and treatment of low-risk infants.
Authors
- Nathaniel S. O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-5152)
- Christine B. Turley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-9382)
- Pablo J. Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-1247)
- Keerti L. Dantuluri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-3772)
- Amina Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-4363)
- Qi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9868-3705)
- Emilie Que Tam Dellit
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Levine Children's Hospital (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf055
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35