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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug:223:204-206.e1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.03.023. Epub 2020 May 13.

Human Herpesvirus 6 Detection during the Evaluation of Sepsis in Infants Using the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel

Keerti L Dantuluri  1 , Katherine C Konvinse  2 , Jennifer Crook  3 , Isaac P Thomsen  4 , Ritu Banerjee  4
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Human Herpesvirus 6 Detection during the Evaluation of Sepsis in Infants Using the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel

Keerti L Dantuluri et al. J Pediatr. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

We used the FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel for evaluation of sepsis in febrile neonates. We detected human herpesvirus 6, a virus we did not routinely test for previously, in the cerebrospinal fluid of 7 neonates. In all 7 cases, detection of the virus did not warrant antiviral treatment.

Keywords: molecular diagnostics; neonatal fever.

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