[Rare Differential Diagnosis of a Neonatal Bacterial Sepsis: The Neonatal Viral Myocarditis].

The neonatal bacterial infection is a potentially life-threatening condition that justifies intravenous antibiotic therapy. However, clinical symptoms are often unspecific. Particularly in the absence of a response to antibiotic therapy, various differential diagnoses can be considered. We report the clinical presentation, the diagnostic steps, the therapy as well as the long-term progression of a preterm infant who acquired a perinatal enterovirus infection including viral myocarditis. The case underlines the clinical relevance of enterovirus infections in newborns. The current literature, however, describes only single aspects and lacks, in particular, accurate data on both epidemiology and morbidity.