Primary nondisseminated herpes-simplex infection in a newborn infant.

NEONATAL herpes-simplex infection, first described in 1935,1 has been recognized primarily as a generalized, disseminated disease, occurring from three to seven days after birth and usually terminating in death.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The present report describes an unusual form of neonatal herpetic infection in which the lesions, although multiple, appeared to be confined to the skin. The herpetic lesions recurred twice during the six months in which the infant was observed. Case Report T.W., a Caucasian female infant, was first admitted to the hospital on the 10th day of life with a tentative diagnosis of neonatal impetigo, possibly staphylococcal, and upper respiratory infection. . . .