THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A CASE OF NEONATAL MUMPS INFECTION - EVIDENCE FORFURTHER CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS

We report a rare case of congenital mumps infection in a newborn girl. Her mother developed bilateral parotitis beginning the day of the del ivery. The child was subsequently severely ill and suffered from fever , splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, however, without parotitis nor pa ncreatic involvement. Both mother and child recovered well with sympto matic treatment. A review of the literature shows that clinical mumps is rare and usually benign in neonates. However, severe respiratory di stress may occur. The recent appearance of mumps outbreaks in adolesce nts and young adults calls for a reinforcement of mumps vaccination an d should prompt an immunological assessment of pregnant women after ex posure.