Erschienen in:
01.09.2003 | Research Letter
Hepatic failure in a newborn with maternal peripartum exposure to echovirus 6 and enterovirus 71
verfasst von:
Hung-Rong Yen, Reyin Lien, Ren-Huei Fu, Luan-Yin Chang
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 9/2003
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Excerpt
This case report describes a premature infant who developed jaundice, somnolence, and signs of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy soon after birth. Two siblings developed hand-foot and mouth disease 5 days before the patient's delivery. Maternal fever and fetal distress prompted delivery by caesarean section. Echovirus 6 was recovered from blood and rectal swab cultures of the baby whereas his mother had adequate post-partum antibodies to enterovirus 71 and echovirus 6. …