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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Mammary herpes: a little known mode of neonatal herpes contamination

Journal of Perinatology volume 33, pages 736–737 (2013)Cite this article

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Neonatal herpes is a severe disease. We report a case with a fatal outcome, whose transmission was linked to mammary herpes. The lack of early diagnosis delayed appropriate therapeutic management. The purpose of this report is to alert clinicians to this potential mode of transmission.

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We thank Dr Alison Foote (Grenoble Clinical Research Center, CIC03) for translating our manuscript.

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  1. Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France

    J Parra, F Cneude & T Debillon

  2. Pediatrics Department, Romans Hospital Centre, Romans, France

    N Huin

  3. Multidisciplinary Pediatrics Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France

    C B Bru

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Parra, J., Cneude, F., Huin, N. et al. Mammary herpes: a little known mode of neonatal herpes contamination. J Perinatol 33, 736–737 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2013.67

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