SARS and Pregnancy: A Case Report

We report a laboratory-confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a pregnant woman. Although the patient had respiratory failure, a healthy infant was subsequently delivered, and the mother is now well. There was no evidence of viral shedding at delivery. Antibodies to SARS virus...

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Autores principales: Robertson, Corwin A., Lowther, Sara A., Birch, Thomas, Tan, Christina, Sorhage, Faye, Stockman, Lauren, McDonald, L. Clifford, Lingappa, Jairam R., Bresnitz, Eddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030736
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Sumario:We report a laboratory-confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a pregnant woman. Although the patient had respiratory failure, a healthy infant was subsequently delivered, and the mother is now well. There was no evidence of viral shedding at delivery. Antibodies to SARS virus were detected in cord blood and breast milk.

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