TY - JOUR T1 - What lies beneath: HSV meningitis in the asymptomatic infant JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 987 LP - 987 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311841 VL - 102 IS - 10 AU - Siobhan Whelan AU - Louise Capra Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/10/987.abstract N2 - A 15-day-old infant presented with vesicular lesions over the chest, scalp and axilla (figures 1 and 2). Clinical examination appeared normal. She was a term vaginal delivery with no septic risk factors. Maternal herpes simplex virus (HSV) IgG was negative on booking bloods. However, there was postnatal exposure to a relative with an active cold sore. Full blood count and inflammatory markers were normal. Viral swabs of the lesions detected HSV-1 on PCR testing. HSV-1 PCR was … ER -