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HSV infection was defined by a positive HSV polymerase chain reaction or viral culture. The primary outcome was the proportion of encounters in which HSV infection was identified. Secondary outcomes included frequency of central nervous system (CNS) and disseminated HSV, and HSV testing and treatment patterns.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of 26\u2009533 eligible encounters, 112 infants had HSV identified (0.42%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.35%\u20130.51%). Of these, 90 (80.4%) occurred in weeks 1 to 4, 10 (8.9%) in weeks 5 to 6, and 12 (10.7%) in weeks 7 to 9. The median age of HSV-infected infants was 14 days (interquartile range: 9\u201324 days). HSV infection was more common in 0 to 28-day-old infants compared with 29- to 60-day-old infants (odds ratio 3.9; 95% CI: 2.4\u20136.2). Sixty-eight (0.26%, 95% CI: 0.21%\u20130.33%) had CNS or disseminated HSV. The proportion of infants tested for HSV (35%; range 14%\u201372%) and to whom acyclovir was administered (23%; range 4%\u201353%) varied widely across sites.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>An HSV infection was uncommon in young infants evaluated for CNS infection, particularly in the second month of life. Evidence-based approaches to the evaluation for HSV in young infants are needed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2017-1688","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,3]],"date-time":"2018-01-03T08:30:24Z","timestamp":1514968224000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":53,"title":["Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Infants Undergoing Meningitis Evaluation"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"141","author":[{"given":"Andrea T.","family":"Cruz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephen B.","family":"Freedman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dina M.","family":"Kulik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pamela J.","family":"Okada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alesia H.","family":"Fleming","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rakesh D.","family":"Mistry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joanna E.","family":"Thomson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Schnadower","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph L.","family":"Arms","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Children\u2019s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Prashant","family":"Mahajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aris C.","family":"Garro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher M.","family":"Pruitt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fran","family":"Balamuth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neil G.","family":"Uspal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul L.","family":"Aronson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Todd W.","family":"Lyons","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amy D.","family":"Thompson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Alfred I. 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