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

• Main Authors: Shinji Maeba (Author), Shunji Hasegawa (Author), Maiko Shimomura (Author), Takuya Ichimura (Author), Kazumasa Takahashi (Author), Masashi Motoyama (Author), Shinnosuke Fukunaga (Author), Yoshinori Ito (Author), Takashi Ichiyama (Author), Shouichi Ohga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 interventions may...