Discordance of Neonatal Herpes Encephalitis Clinical Improvement and Disease Progression

Abstract

Two cases of neonatal herpes encephalitis that showed an apparent uneventful recovery had concurrent severe, diffuse cerebral imaging abnormalities, in a report from Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St Paul, and Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.

Keywords

• neonatal herpes encephalitis
• cerebral infarction
• ultimately malignant