High C-Reactive Protein Levels During a Benign Neonatal Outbreak of Echovirus Type 7

ABSTRACT

Literature associates neonatal enteroviral infections with high morbidity and mortality. The literature also suggests that high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are indicators of bacterial infection. We report on high CRP levels, not due to bacterial infection, during an outbreak of neonatal echovirus type 7 infections in the fall of 2002, which had no major complications or mortality.

KEYWORDS

Echovirus type 7 - enterovirus - virus disease - newborn - C-reactive protein

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