Pregnancy complicated by herpes zoster. A report of two cases and literature review.
Herpes zoster during pregnancy is rare, with only 13 reported cases. Although the prognosis is usually favorable, the disease can be associated with congenital malformations. We treated two pregnant women with herpes zoster at 25 and 31 weeks of gestation. The disease was diagnosed clinically and confirmed by serology and virus isolation. Both women delivered normal infants with normal development.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology