Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of a Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Presenting as Fulminant Hepatitis: A Case Report
- 24 July 2021
- book chapter
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Vol. 1369, 93-100
- https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2021_659
Abstract
TORCH (Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus and Syphilis) infections are a major cause of intrauterine and perinatal infections with associated morbidity and mortality. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus infection caused by an enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus of the Herpesviridae family is devastating and fatal. Herpes Viruses are not hepatotropic but may rarely cause hepatitis. Most cases of HSV hepatitis rapidly progress to fulminant hepatic failure and often fatal before the diagnosis or transplantation. Nowadays, despite the availability of antiviral treatment (acyclovir), the outcome remains poor because of late identification of hepatic Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection. We report a male neonate suspected with a metabolic/mitochondrial disease and multi-organ involvement but who developed a fulminant hepatic failure and disseminated coagulopathy secondary to HSV type 1 (HSV-1) infection. The postmortem diagnosis was performed demonstrating HSV-1 in liver tissue by transmission electron microscopy and by retrospective detection of HSV specific antigens by immunohistochemistry. Keywords Electron microscopy Hepatitis Herpes simplex Postmorten diagnosis VirusKeywords
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