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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;32(6):469-72.
doi: 10.1038/jp.2011.138.

Hyperleukocytosis in a premature infant with intrauterine herpes simplex encephalitis

M A Underwood  1 , A E Wartell, R A Borghese
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Hyperleukocytosis in a premature infant with intrauterine herpes simplex encephalitis

M A Underwood et al. J Perinatol. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Herpes encephalitis is a rare but devastating infection in premature infants. We report a 29 week gestation infant with severe intrauterine cutaneous and central nervous system herpes accompanied by hyperleukocytosis. Leukemoid reactions are not uncommon in this population, but the association of herpes encephalitis and a leukemoid reaction or hyperleukocytosis has not been reported previously.

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