Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis in young children...this article originally appeared in Pediatric Nursing, 2003, Volume 29, Number 3, pp. 199-201 and is reprinted here with permission of the publisher
Oral infections caused by herpes simplex type 1 are widespread, even among otherwise healthy people. While most of these herpetic infections are asymptomatic, young children are at risk for developing extensive oropharyngeal vesicular eruptions when first infected with the virus. This initial outbre...
| Published in: | Dermatology Nursing Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 341 - 345 |
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Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Aug2004
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