VARICELLA AND PREGNANCY - RISK AND PREVEN TION - ABOUT ONE CASE OF SEVERE NEONATAL CONGENITAL VARICELLA

Authors
BENJABALLAH N BENAHMED N HAMMAMI A KHALDI F BENNACEUR B
Citation
N. Benjaballah et al., VARICELLA AND PREGNANCY - RISK AND PREVEN TION - ABOUT ONE CASE OF SEVERE NEONATAL CONGENITAL VARICELLA, Annales de pediatrie, 43(8), 1996, pp. 595-598
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Annales de pediatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00662097
Volume
43
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
595 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2097(1996)43:8<595:VAP-RA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A case of congenital varicella in an eight-day old infant is reported. Neonatal varicella can be extremely severe when the onset of the dise ase in the mother occurs between four days before and two days after d elivery. The risks associated with varicella during pregnancy are disc ussed, as well as currently available therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing transmission of the varicella-zoster virus to the fetus and neonate.