Fatal congenital varicella syndrome.
A baby with clinical and serological evidence of congenital varicella syndrome died 36 hours after birth. Her mother had developed clinical varicella at 12 weeks gestation. Ultrasound at 37 weeks gestation had shown poor foetal growth and a lacuna within the foetal skull. Varicella-zoster-specific IgM was demonstrated in the baby's serum.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000151:congenital* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities
D000914:Antibodies, Viral