Fatal encephalitis accompanied by ARDS in a child with HSV Infection
Lili Xu
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorJun Liu
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorYilin Pang
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaolei Guan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Search for more papers by this authorSuyun Qian
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
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Zhengde Xie
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
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Zhengde Xie, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
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Hengmiao Gao, Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
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Hengmiao Gao
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
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Zhengde Xie, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
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Hengmiao Gao, Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
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Search for more papers by this authorLili Xu
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorJun Liu
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorYilin Pang
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaolei Guan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Search for more papers by this authorSuyun Qian
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zhengde Xie
Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute , Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
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Zhengde Xie, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Email: [email protected]
Hengmiao Gao, Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Email: [email protected]
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Hengmiao Gao
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China
Correspondence
Zhengde Xie, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
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Hengmiao Gao, Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Email: [email protected]
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This work was supported by grants from the National Major S & T Research Projects for the Control and Prevention of Major Infectious Diseases in China (2017ZX10103004-004, 2018ZX10003006-001-004), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31370203), the Capital Health Research and Development of Special Projects (2016-2-1142), and Hospitals Foundation (QML20161201).

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