RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Generalized herpes simplex in malnourished children
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 24
OP 29
DO 10.1136/jcp.23.1.24
VO 23
IS 1
A1 A. C. Templeton
YR 1970
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/23/1/24.abstract
AB Five cases of fatal generalized herpes simplex infection in malnourished children are described. This is almost certainly a much more common disease in underdeveloped communities than is at present appreciated. Only a greater awareness of the disease, coupled with full use of histological and cultural methods of diagnosis, will lead to knowledge of its true frequency. A case of neonatal infection, the first recorded in an African, is also described. Reasons are suggested as to why this disease should be seen in malnourished infants in Africa but only very rarely in neonates.