Incubation period about 6 d with first episodes lasting for 10 ~ 12 d.
Location: Vulva, vagina, cervix, perineal and perianal skin, often extending to the buttocks.
[D] Intracelluar inclusion, immunology with monoclonal antibody.
[T] Azithromycin 1g oral, single dose Doxycycline 100mg bid for 7 d, Minocine?
Ofloxacin 100 mg tid for 7 d Erythromycin 500 mg qid for 7 d. for
Among neonates with encephalitis > 50% of survivors are left with severe neurologic impairment.
App. 85 % of early neonatal herpes infections are aquired during delivery from virion contaminated maternal vaginal secretions, therefore C-section for women with active genital lesions at time of labor. 40 ~70% of all neonates with herpes are born to asymptomatic mothers.
60 ~ 90 % of patients with recurrence of herpetic lesions in the first 6 m. after initial infection.