Infectious Disease

Rethinking Neonatal HSV Management: A Less Aggressive, Evidence-Informed Approach
Rethinking Neonatal HSV Management: A Less Aggressive, Evidence-Informed Approach 1024 593 Alaina Doklovic

An alternative approach to neonatal HSV management helps keep mom and baby together during the nursery stay.  Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection (HSV) is a rare but often fatal disease when not treated correctly or in a timely manner. This makes diagnosis and preventive strategies extremely important when expectant mothers have active genital HSV infection when they deliver.   Neonatal HSV is a result of vertical transmission from mother to newborn and most…

LaCrosse Virus: What You Need to Know
LaCrosse Virus: What You Need to Know 1024 586 Christopher Ouellette, MD

La Crosse virus (LACV) is a mosquito-borne illness primarily found in the upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and southeastern United States. This virus is spread mostly through the bite of the eastern treehole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus, and over the past 20+ years, more cases have been seen in Ohio compared to other regions of the United States.…