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Response to: ‘Herpes simplex virus infection among neonates suspected of invasive bacterial infection: a population-based cohort study’ by Dungu et al
  1. Georgina Yan1,
  2. Annalie Shears2,3,
  3. Julia R Dudley4,
  4. Paddy McMaster5,
  5. Katy J Fidler4,6
  1. 1Neonatology, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, WC1E 6HX, London, UK
  2. 2The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  3. 3Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
  4. 4Academic Department of Paediatrics, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton, UK
  5. 5North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK
  6. 6Paediatrics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Georgina Yan, Neonatology, UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health, London, WC1E 6HX, UK; g.yan{at}ucl.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326551

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    Our recent prospective UK-wide British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) cohort study findings echo the increase in incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) described by Dungu et al.1 We found that the incidence of neonatal HSV infection has tripled over the last three decades in the UK from 1.65/100 000 in 1986–19912 to a minimum of 6/100 000 infants between August 2019 and February 2022.3

    General consensus among the UK Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (UK-PAS) network is in agreement with the above authors that not all unwell infants …

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    • Contributors GY, AS, JRD and KJF conceived the letter. GY and AS wrote the first draft. JRD, PM and KJF made revisions.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.