Atypical presentation of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection in paediatric burns patients in a large tertiary hospital, South Africa.

Mpho L Sikhosana, Asma Salloo, Monica Birkhead, Kerrigan McCarthy

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Article in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mpho L SikhosanaSouth African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-5852

Asma SallooDepartment of Critical Care, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-8422

Monica BirkheadCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7952-7670

Kerrigan McCarthyDivision for Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-9795

National Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

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Abstract

introductionHerpes simplex virus has been reported in the literature to commonly complicate burn wounds. However, there is paucity of such data in the South African setting. CASE PRESENTATION: Eight paediatric burns patients with ages ranging between 10 months and 5 years presented with a febrile maculopapular rash illness in a paediatric ward of a large South African tertiary hospital. The rash became vesicular in three cases, involving the limbs and face. Varicella was suspected. MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME: Medical records of suspected cases were reviewed. Blood, vesicular fluid and scab samples were collected. Electron microscopy of vesicular fluid revealed herpes virus particles. Laboratory testing confirmed herpes simplex virus type 1.

conclusionHerpes simplex virus type 1 infection can present atypically in burns patients.

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burnsherpes simplex virus type 1paediatricsSouth Africa

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PMID31745459

DOI10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.916

PMCPMC6852610

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