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Factors influencing the decision to test young infants for herpes simplex virus infection.

Cohen DM, Lorch SA, King RL, Hodinka RL, Cohn KA, Shah SS

Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

In a nested case-control study of 478 infants < or =90 days of age, one-third of infants undergoing cerebrospinal fluid herpes simplex virus (HSV) testing by polymerase chain reaction were >28 days of age. Recognized factors, such as mode of delivery, were not associated with HSV testing. The factors currently used by physicians in the decision to order this test do not best reflect the likelihood of HSV infection.

Published 28 November 2007 in Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(12): 1156-8.
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