All pregnant women should be offered screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria, syphilis, rubella, and hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus infection early in pregnancy. Women at increased risk should be tested for hepatitis C infection, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. All women should be questioned about their history of chickenpox and genital or orolabial herpes. Routine screening for bacteria...

A female neonate was born by nontraumatic vaginal delivery at 41 weeks gestation to a 26-year-old caucasian woman following uncomplicated pregnancy. The mother denied any history of syphilis, herpes simplex infection, lupus erythematosus, autoimmune or hereditary bullous disorders. Examination approximately 2 hours postpartum revealed an active neonate with two superficial round erosions measur...

Herpes zoster (Shingles; Zona) is an acute infectious skin disease that is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV). After the initial infection (chickenpox) or vaccination, the virus remains inactive or latent in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG); when decreasing cell mediated immunity (CMI) occurs, the virus is reactivated from a latent phase to a lytic phase and frequently repl...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) with a worldwide distribution has been reported in all human populations, resulting in a clinical spectrum of infections. Although HSV type 2 (HSV-2) is known as the most common cause of genital herpes, an increasing number of cases with genital herpes are caused by HSV-1. The present study aimed to discuss the changes in the epidemiology of HSV-1 infection i...

This study examined associations between caregiver talk and language skills in full term (FT) and preterm (PT) children (n = 97). All-day recordings of caregiver-child interactions revealed striking similarities in amount of caregiver talk heard by FT and PT children. Children who heard more caregiver talk at 16 months demonstrated better knowledge- and processing-based language skills at 18 mo...

herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1) with a worldwide distribution has been reported in all human populations, resulting in a clinical spectrum of infections. although hsv type 2 (hsv-2) is known as the most common cause of genital herpes, an increasing number of cases with genital herpes are caused by hsv-1. the present study aimed to discuss the changes in the epidemiology of hsv-1 infection i...

Background: Acyclovir [9-(2-hydroxyethoxymethyl)guanine; ACV], an acyclic nucleoside analogue, has shown a potent antiviral activity. It is known to inhibit the replication of herpes viruses including herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2), varicellazoster virus, and Epstein-Barr virus in cell cultures and in animals. ACV is khown to be toxic to gonads,then the aim of the presen...

Case presentation: A six year-old female child presented in a tertiary hospital with an acute stroke-like event after week of cerebelar, bulbar and pyramidal syndromes. She had past history failure to thrive, since young age, another three events she was 2 years old. The course the disease chronic exacerbation some recovery between. Milestones motor development were adequate, but present speech...

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