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Editor, Senior Moderator
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2020 Oct 13.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002941. Online ahead of print.
Congenital SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Neonate With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
C?tia R Correia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M?nica Mar?al[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Filipa Vieira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edmundo Santos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Novais[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ana Teresa Maria[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Duarte Malveiro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ana Rita Prior[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Aguiar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Anabela Salazar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Constan?a Gouv?a Pinto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lu?s Carvalho Rodrigues[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria Ana Pessanha[SUP] 2 [/SUP], V?tor Borges[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joana Isidro[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jo?o Paulo Gomes[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S?lvia Duarte[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lu?s Vieira[SUP] 4 [/SUP], In?s Costa[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Maria Jo?o Alves[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Concei??o Calhau[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Raquel Guiomar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Madalena Lopo Tuna[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is mainly transmitted through droplets, but other ways of transmission have been hypothesized. We report a case of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a preterm born to an infected mother, confirmed by the presence of the virus in the neonatal blood, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected in the first half an hour of life. The neonate presented with acute respiratory distress, similar to the findings in severely affected adults. This case highlights the importance of pregnancy, labor and neonatal period surveillance of affected mothers and their newborns.
. 2020 Oct 13.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002941. Online ahead of print.
Congenital SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Neonate With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
C?tia R Correia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M?nica Mar?al[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Filipa Vieira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edmundo Santos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Novais[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ana Teresa Maria[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Duarte Malveiro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ana Rita Prior[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Aguiar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Anabela Salazar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Constan?a Gouv?a Pinto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lu?s Carvalho Rodrigues[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria Ana Pessanha[SUP] 2 [/SUP], V?tor Borges[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joana Isidro[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jo?o Paulo Gomes[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S?lvia Duarte[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lu?s Vieira[SUP] 4 [/SUP], In?s Costa[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Maria Jo?o Alves[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Concei??o Calhau[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Raquel Guiomar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Madalena Lopo Tuna[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33060519
- DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002941
Abstract
Coronavirus disease, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is mainly transmitted through droplets, but other ways of transmission have been hypothesized. We report a case of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a preterm born to an infected mother, confirmed by the presence of the virus in the neonatal blood, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected in the first half an hour of life. The neonate presented with acute respiratory distress, similar to the findings in severely affected adults. This case highlights the importance of pregnancy, labor and neonatal period surveillance of affected mothers and their newborns.