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infected with one of the HSV virus types, mostly with HSV-2, but has antibodies against the other type [14]. Reactivation is when the dormant virus wakes up and results in infectious HSV on mucosal or skin surfaces as detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or cultures [14, 15].
The virus can be transmitted to the newborn transplacentally due to viremia dur­ing primary infection. Recurrent maternal infection can also result in congenital HSV [15, 16]. The probability of developing congenital HSV is higher after primary infection than reactivation or a non-primary rst episode [2, 15]. The transmission rate from the mother to the baby is more than 50% in primary HSV infection and can go up to 60% when the infection occurs close to birth. The transmission risk is less than 3% in non-primary infection and less than 2% with reactivation in the rst half of pregnancy. This variance is due to the difference in genital viral load and maternal antibodies. The protective antibodies present in the mother may protect the newborn and limit the disease during reactivation [17].
Less than one-third of women with a primary infection during pregnancy are symptomatic. After the rst attack, cervical scatter can continue asymptomatic for as long as 2months [14]. The person may be asymptomatic during reactivation; ulcers do not constantly occur in these cases, as some present only with vaginal discharge. Therefore, the absence of HSV symptoms and signs in the mother does not exclude congenital HSV, and virus scatter can occur even when the mother is asymptomatic [2, 3].
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12.4.1 Herpes Simplex Virus Transmission totheFetus
Herpes simplex virus transmission to the fetus may occur by the transplacental route in the intrauterine period (congenital or in utero infection) or by the ascending route in the perinatal period (perinatal infection) [5].
Congenital infection is an extremely rare condition that develops due to maternal viremia resulting from primary HSV infection during pregnancy [11]. Congenital HSV infection’s estimated incidence is 1in 250,000 deliveries, representing less than 5% of neonatal HSV cases. Peripartum transmission is much more common (85%); the neonate is exposed to the virus in the birth canal during labor. Ten per­cent of neonatal HSV infections are acquired postnatally [5, 8, 18, 19].
Congenital and perinatal transmitted infections have different clinical presenta­tions [5]. Intrauterine transmission can occur due to viremia developing after oral, genital, or skin lesions. Perinatal transmission can occur with or without ruptured amniotic membranes. Neonatal HSV infection was also reported in infants born by cesarean section with intact amniotic membranes. Congenital HSV infection is more likely to result in encephalomalacia, ventriculomegaly, calcications, and microcephaly than perinatally acquired disease [19].
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12.5 Clinical Manifestations
12.5.1 Congenital (In Utero) Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
Intrauterine-acquired HSV infection is an extremely rare condition. The typical triad of congenital HSV infection is chorioretinitis, microcephaly or hydranenceph­aly, and active skin lesions together with skin scarring [18]. However, this triad is seen in less than one-third of the patients. Congenital HSV infection manifests with signs and symptoms within the rst 2 days of life [18]. Death occurs within the rst month of life in 60% of babies with intrauterine HSV infection [20].
The most common nding in congenital HSV infection is skin anomalies [13]. The skin manifestations may be localized or widespread and consist of skin ulcers, erosions, scars, and mucocutaneous vesicles; corneal or retinal damage is also com­mon [21, 22]. Central nervous system (CNS) ndings in newborns with in utero HSV infection may include microcephaly, microphthalmia, cerebral hemorrhage, anencephaly, intracranial calcications, hydrocephalus, ventriculomegaly, poren­cephaly, encephalomalacia, corpus callosum agenesis, and cerebellar anomalies [5,
10]. Possible ndings of congenital HSV infection are presented in Table12.1.
12.5.2 Perinatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
Symptoms may appear at birth or within the rst 6weeks [5]. The prognosis is good with early diagnosis and treatment; however, the risk of progression to encephalitis and disseminated disease is high if treatment is delayed. The condition can be insid­ious and nonspecic in early [5, 24].
Table 12.1 Possible ndings of congenital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection
Fetal death Premature birth Intrauterine growth retardation Hydrops fetalis Limb hypoplasia Skin anomalies Heart anomalies Herpetic keratitis, retinitis, retinal scar Cardiomegaly, pericardial effusion Hepatomegaly, elevated liver
enzymes, liver calcication, liver necrosis
Splenomegaly Hyperechogenicity in the intestines
Adopted from Refs. [3, 5, 10, 13, 18,
20, 21, 23]
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There are three types of neonatal HSV infection
• Disease localized to the skin, eyes, and mouth (SEM)
• Central nervous system (CNS) disease (with or without SEM involvement)
• Disseminated disease (may include the symptoms and signs of the rst
two groups)
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12.5.2.1 Skin, Eyes, andMouth (SEM) Disease
Skin, eyes, and mouth (SEM) disease constitutes 45% of neonatal HSV infections [18]. It appears in the rst 2weeks and is most commonly localized to the skin, eyes, and mouth. Skin lesions may be individual vesicles, large bullous lesions, and desquamation. Eye involvement may be asymptomatic; however, keratoconjunctivi­tis, chorioretinitis, cataracts, and permanent vision loss are also possible. The prog­nosis of SEM disease is excellent when antiviral treatment is started early. Still, the condition can progress to CNS and/or disseminated diseases if not diagnosed and treated [1, 5].
12.5.2.2 Central Nervous System Disease
This form represents 30% of neonatal HSV infections [18]. It can result from retro­grade viral spread from the nasopharynx and olfactory nerves or hematogenous spread in newborns with disseminated disease. Central nervous system disease can present with a bulging fontanel, lethargy, irritability, seizures, tremors, and body temperature imbalance [14]. The patients usually become symptomatic on the 8–17th day of life. Two-thirds of the cases have concomitant skin lesions. The prob­ability of sequelae in the long term is high [24].
12.5.2.3 Disseminated Disease
Disseminated HSV disease form constitutes 25% of neonatal HSV infection cases, and a sepsis-like clinical picture with multiple organ failure is common [14, 18]. Two-thirds of the babies have concomitant skin lesions. However, skin vesicles do not occur in more than 20% of newborns with disseminated disease [14]. Disseminated HSV disease may present with signs of hepatic, pulmonary, and neu­rologic dysfunction or failure [1]. Table12.2 summarizes the signs and symptoms of neonatal disseminated HSV disease.
The neonatal disseminated HSV disease diagnosis is often delayed by mimick­ing bacterial sepsis [18]. In a newborn presenting a sepsis-like clinical picture with thrombocytopenia, elevated liver enzymes, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and cerebrospinal uid (CSF) pleocytosis, disseminated HSV disease should also be suspected [6, 16]. It has the worst prognosis among neonatal HSV disease forms in terms of mortality, with a mortality rate of 80%. However, the mortality rate decreases to 30% with timely treatment [13].
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Table 12.2
manifestations of neonatal disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease
The
Fever or hypothermia Lethargy Apnea Pneumonia, hemorrhagic
pneumonia Myocarditis Hepatitis, acute liver failure Central nervous system (CNS)
involvement Necrotizing enterocolitis Neutropenia, thrombocytopenia Disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC)
Adopted from Refs. [3, 18]
12.6 Diagnosis
Early ndings are indistinct and nonspecic, especially in disseminated disease [11]. In the absence of skin lesions, diagnosing neonatal HSV infection can be trou­blesome and maybe late [14]. The maternal history is usually not helpful because there is no history of genital ulcers in 80% of the cases [2, 3, 14]. Newborns with disseminated HSV infection often appear at 1 week old with signs and symptoms that mimic neonatal sepsis. The patient may experience fever or hypothermia, irri­tability, lethargy, and respiratory distress and rarely present with fever only. In advanced neonatal disseminated HSV disease, fever is usually absent, and hypo­thermia is predominant [11, 25, 26].
In newborns, SEM disease presents with skin vesicles in 80% of patients; in the absence of vesicles, the infection is localized to the eye and/or oral mucosa. More than half of the neonatal disseminated or CNS HSV disease accompanied skin lesions. However, skin lesions may not be present on admission [6]. Newborns with a sepsis-like clinical picture, meningoencephalitis, progressive pneumonia, severe hepatic dysfunction, or DIC should be tested for HSV infection, and empiric antivi­ral therapy should be initiated [6, 11, 2730]. Herpes simplex virus should also be considered in newborns with fever, vesicular rash, and abnormal CSF ndings in the rst 3weeks of life, especially when a history of seizures is present [6].
12.7 Laboratory Features
The diagnosis of HSV infection is made with PCR, surface viral culture, and direct immunouorescence tests. Serology does not help diagnose neonatal HSV infection at presentation.
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12.7.1 Surface Viral Culture
Surface viral culture is the gold standard for diagnosing neonatal HSV infection [2]. The material can be aspirated from unruptured vesicular lesions, swabs from the oor of ruptured vesicles, and the conjunctiva, mouth, nasopharynx, or anus [14, 31].
A single stick is used to take a surface swab. Swab samples from the mouth, nasopharynx, conjunctiva, and anus can be taken with a single swab, starting from the conjunctiva and ending at the anus. The swab is then placed in a viral transport medium. Viral culture aims to determine the presence or absence of proliferating virus instead of localizing the virus. Positive cultures result 12–24h after birth, indicating viral replication and suggesting infection, not contamination at birth. This is the most critical information from such cultures, except for CNS involve­ment. A moistened cotton swab should be preferred because a calcium alginate­impregnated swab inhibits virus growth. Surface viral cultures are transferred on ice with the appropriate transport medium [5, 14].
Every patient with neonatal HSV infection should have a conjunctival HSV cul­ture and an ophthalmologic examination, regardless of the type of disease [6, 11].
12.7.2 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test
The polymerase chain reaction test is used for HSV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) detection in CSF and blood samples. Viremia can occur in all three forms of neona­tal HSV disease and is detectable by PCR.The polymerase chain reaction test is precious in the diagnosis of HSV encephalitis. The sensitivity and specicity of PCR in CSF for the diagnosis of neonatal HSV infection are 75–100% and 71–100%, respectively [14]. A negative CSF PCR result does not exclude CNS involvement; as a result, it can also be negative in the early stages [6]. In patients with a strong presumption of CNS HSV disease but CSF PCR tests are negative more than once, a histopathological survey and viral tissue culture of the brain biopsy specimen is the most reliable investigation to diagnose HSV encephalitis [6]. Cerebrospinal uid viral culture is usually negative in patients with HSV CNS disease [6].
Some authors report that PCR is acceptable if cultures from the surface swab are not possible. However, studies on PCR in newborn surface swab samples are inad­equate [14]. Using the PCR assay on surface swabs or scraping samples has not been evaluated, but skin PCR should be used in addition to (and not in place of) a surface culture, the gold standard. False-negative results are possible [14].
12.7.3 Direct Immunofluorescence Antibody (DFA) Test
The test provides fast results, but the sensitivity is 60–80%. A scraping sample from the skin lesions is used. The test reliability increases if the sample is taken appropri­ately but is not as sensitive as culture. Therefore, samples negative for DFA must be conrmed with another test [11, 32].
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12.7.4 Other Tests
Serology does not help diagnose neonatal HSV infection but helps diagnose and classify maternal disease. Cross-reactions and false positivity are commonly seen with serology.
The cytological changes on Papanicolaou (Pap) stain or the Tzanck test are not specic, as these changes are also seen with cytomegalovirus (CMV) and varicella­zoster virus (VZV). The sensitivity of these tests varies with the pathologist’s expe­rience [5].
Complete blood count and liver function tests, especially alanine aminotransfer­ase (ALT), are recommended in neonates with suspected congenital HSV infection [11, 14].
All newborns with suspected HSV infection, including SEM disease, should undergo lumbar puncture. CSF results may be normal at the onset of the disease. However, typically mononuclear cell pleocytosis, normal or slightly low glucose, and a slightly increased protein level are detected [5, 14]. In contrast to general knowledge, erythrocytes do not increase signicantly in the CSF in CNS disease; HSV PCR should also be studied in the CSF sample [14].
Blood and CSF cultures should be taken to exclude bacterial sepsis, one of the most frequently confused diagnoses. Although most newborns with HSV infection have a negative blood culture, there may be a possibility of positive blood culture results due to bacterial co-infection [8].
12.7.5 Cranial Imaging
Cranial imaging is recommended for all infants with neonatal HSV infection, irre­spective of disease category [23]. Initially, it may be normal, but this does not rule out neonatal HSV infection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended because of the highest sensitivity among the imaging modalities. As a disadvantage, it requires sedation to avoid motion artifacts. Therefore, cranial computed tomogra­phy (CT) or ultrasonography sufce for cranial imaging in neonatal HSV infection [6]. Multifocal involvement is common. The temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes’ gray and white matters and the brain stem may be involved [5]. The basal ganglia and cerebellum are other potential sites to be involved. Patchy involvement of the parenchyma and meningeal enhancement can be present. Other imaging ndings in CNS HSV infection include parenchymal brain edema, cortical thinning or atrophy, encephalomalacia, hemorrhage, ventricular enlargement, and scattered calcica­tions [5, 33].
12.7.6 Electroencephalogram (EEG)
All newborns with suspected CNS involvement of HSV infection should undergo an EEG.The result is often abnormal in the very early stages of the disease. Focal or
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multifocal periodic epileptiform discharges on EEG are characteristic even before abnormalities are seen on CT or MRI [14].
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12.7.7 Evaluation ofHearing
All infants with HSV infection should undergo routine audiological screening [34].
12.8 Neonates Exposed toHerpes Simplex Virus
andHearing Loss
One of the sequelae of HSV encephalitis in infants and children is sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) [35]. In HSV encephalitis, hearing loss (HL) is rare, and when present, it is bilateral, severe, and associated with severe neurological complications [36]. Herpes simplex encephalitis typically involves the temporal lobes. Bilateral temporal involvement may lead to cortical deafness. Kaga etal. [35] described four children with HSV encephalitis, with only mild-moderate SNHL but severe audi­tory agnosia due to bilateral auditory cortex lesions. Animal studies have also indi­cated that HSV infection may cause HL and vestibular symptoms. Following HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection, it has been shown that brosis of the scala tympani and vesti­bule, loss of outer hair cells, and atrophy of the stria vascularis and tectorial mem­brane occurred [36, 37]. In animal studies, viral antigens were detected in the cochlea and viral capsids in cochlear nerve bers [36, 37]. In animal studies, changes in temporal bone structures caused by HSV infection have been reported to resemble those observed in humans who suddenly develop SNHL [3739].
Due to the potential for HSV encephalitis to adversely affect hearing in infants and children, intrauterine and perinatal HSV infections are considered risky condi­tions in permanent congenital, delayed-onset, or progressive HL in childhood. However, the incidence of immediate and delayed-onset SNHL in children after exposure to HSV is unknown [34]. In addition to the fact that congenital HSV is a rare congenital infection, few studies have evaluated congenital HSV cases regard­ing HL.The current leading pediatric infectious diseases textbooks have no infor­mation about HL in congenital HSV infection [5, 6, 18].
The three studies in the literature evaluating audiometric ndings in newborns with HSV infection included 20, 58, and 13 cases [12, 16, 40]. In the study, which included 20 symptomatic neonatal HSV cases, audiological evaluations were per­formed in the postnatal period, at 2–75months, with a median of 32.5months [40]. Half of the patients had CNS involvement, 13 had psychomotor retardation, and 11 had visual abnormalities. Sensorineural HL has been detected in two infants, although patients are severely affected in other respects.
The other study included 58 neonatal HSV cases followed up until the second month of life [12]. Among the cases with neonatal HSV infection in this study,
62.5% had HSV-1; among those, the HSV type was determined. While 60% of the
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cases had localized infection, the rest had disseminated or CNS disease. Hearing loss was not detected in any of the patients.
The third study included 13 newborns with intrauterine-acquired HSV infection [16]. The presence of HSV infection was conrmed in all cases by culturing the virus in skin or brain biopsy specimens. All patients infected with HSV-2 had mul­tisystemic involvement, and 92% had CNS abnormalities. Four of the patients died in infancy due to complications caused by HSV disease. Hearing loss was detected in three (33%) of nine living children [16].
A review described SNHL after neonatal HSV infection in ve case reports fol­lowing disseminated HSV-2 infections. The patients had apparent clinical sequelae, and comorbid conditions were present. There were no reported cases of delayed­onset SNHL after perinatal infection [34].
Although it has been reported that HSV-1 infection is associated with encephali­tis and HL in newborns at a higher rate than HSV-2, there is not enough data to reach a denite conclusion on this issue [36, 41]. Hearing loss is associated with severe neurological complications; however, it is also rare following HSV-1 infection.
Hearing loss caused by neonatal HSV infection can be bilateral or unilateral [36].
Herpes simplex virus causes HL via neuronal damage to the cochlea and CNS [36]. However, the relationship between HSV infection and HL is not clearly known [33].
Newborns with congenital or perinatal HSV infection should undergo a screen­ing hearing test before hospital discharge. At least one additional audiological eval­uation is recommended by 24–30months of age to detect HL early.
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12.9 Treatment
All neonates with HSV should be treated, regardless of the clinical ndings. Newborns with HSV disease are administered intravenous (IV) acyclovir at 60mg/ kg/day. The patients with disseminated or CNS HSV disease are treated for 21days and those with SEM disease for 14days [14].
Currently, acyclovir is used in the treatment of HSV encephalitis. Early treat­ment is associated with a better prognosis [35]. The CSF HSV-PCR test is highly sensitive for the diagnosis, but false-negative results can also be obtained, albeit rarely. Therefore, if clinical and radiologic ndings suggest HSV encephalitis, acy­clovir treatment should be continued [8, 42]. At the end of IV acyclovir treatment, a lumbar puncture should be repeated for CSF PCR for HSV.If CSF PCR is still posi­tive for HSV, IV acyclovir treatment is given for one more week, and the CSF PCR for HSV is repeated at the end of the week. Parenteral acyclovir therapy should be extended at 1-week intervals until CSF PCR negativity for HSV is achieved [18]. Delayed acyclovir treatment is associated with a poorer prognosis. Before acyclovir treatment, the case fatality rate of HSV encephalitis was 70%; however, even with efcient antiviral treatment, >35% of patients still suffer from severe sequelae or death [8, 42, 43].
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After completion of parenteral acyclovir treatment for acute disease, better neu­rodevelopmental outcomes and less recurrence of the skin lesions have been reported with oral acyclovir suppression therapy [44]. Regardless of neonatal HSV disease classication, oral acyclovir treatment should be administered for 6 months. The oral dose of acyclovir is 300mg/m2/dose, 3 times a day. The dose should be adjusted according to the current weight by monthly monitoring. During the treatment period, absolute neutrophil counts must be done at weeks 2 and 4, then monthly after starting suppression therapy [6, 18, 44]. There are no studies on the use of valacyclovir for more than 5days in young infants, so this is not an appropriate alternative to suppressive therapy [6].
Infants with ocular HSV involvement should be given parenteral acyclovir with a topical ophthalmic drug (1% triuridine, 0.1% iododeoxyuridine, or 0.15% ganci­clovir) [14].
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12.10 Prognosis
In utero HSV infection prognosis is poor, and 60% of these cases die in the rst month of life [20]. The prognosis of HSV SEM disease is very good with early treat­ment; however, three-quarters of patients progress to disseminated disease if left untreated [1]. Central nervous system HSV disease has a high probability of long­term sequelae [24]. Disseminated disease has the worst prognosis among neonatal HSV disease forms with the highest mortality; however, with timely treatment, the mortality rate drops to 30% [13].
12.11 Prevention ofNeonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
For women with active, recurrent genital herpes, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends antiviral suppression ther­apy at or after 36weeks of gestation [45]. However, neonatal HSV disease has also been reported in infants of mothers given antiviral prophylaxis [6].
In newborns born to mothers with active genital lesions at birth, the classication (primary infection, rst-episode non-primary infection, and reactivation) of the mother’s HSV infection should be evaluated. In this way, the risk status of the new­born can be estimated [6].
12.12 Conclusion
Herpes simplex virus transmission can occur from mother to child during the intra­uterine or perinatal period. Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can lead to neonatal HSV infec­tion. Although skin lesions are a signicant sign of HSV infection, they may not always be found. Congenital and neonatal HSV infections may cause unilateral or bilateral HL, although the frequency is not clearly known. Hearing loss in neonates
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with HSV infection may develop due to neuronal damage in the CNS or cochlea. Newborns with HSV infection should undergo screening hearing tests before hospi­tal discharge and thereafter.
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