2343. A Multicenter Study on Clinical Outcome of Symptomatic Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Korea

Neonatal herpes simplex virus (NHSV) infection is rare but can cause a severe disease, even death. However, data on NHSV are limited in Asia. The aim of this study was to estimate the number of NHSV infection and evaluate the characteristics of NHSV infection in Korea where seroprevalence of HSV infection in child-bearing age women is not well known. This is the first multicenter retrospective study in 12 university hospitals in Korea. From...