- Case Report
- Infection
- Distinctive clinical features of HPeV-3 infection in 2 neonates with a sepsis-like illness
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Jung Sook Yeom, Ji Sook Park, Ji-Hyun Seo, Eun Sil Park, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn, Ok Jeong Lee, Tae-Hee Han, Ju-Young Chung
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(7):308-311. Published online July 31, 2016
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We report a human parechovirus-3 (HPeV-3) infection in 2 neonates who had prolonged fever (>5 days) with palmar-plantar erythema. This distinctive rash was observed 4–5 days after fever onset, just before defervescence. Elevated aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, and ferritin levels were characteristic laboratory findings in the 2 cases, suggesting tissue damage caused by hypercytokinemia. Case 1 was treated with intravenous... |
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- Original Article
- Prevalence of human parechovirus and enterovirus in cerebrospinal fluid samples in children in Jinju, Korea
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Ji-Hyun Seo, Jung Sook Yeom, Hee-Shang Youn, Tae-Hee Han, Ju-Young Chung
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(3):102-107. Published online March 20, 2015
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Purpose Human parechovirus (HPeV) and enterovirus (EV) are causative agents of a sepsis-like illness in neonates and of infections of the central nervous system in young children. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of HPeV3 and EV infection in young children with a sepsis-like illness or with meningitis in Jinju, Korea. MethodsCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from... |
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