Congenital measles caused by transplacental infection.
We report the case of a male infant born to a mother diagnosed as having measles before delivery. Although he was given standard immunoglobulin soon after delivery, he developed congenital measles. The diagnosis was confirmed by serology and PCR assay from the infant's pharyngeal secretions.
Ohji
Goh
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Department of General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan. ohji@sanynet.ne.jp
Satoh
Hiroshi
H
Satoh
Hiroyuki
H
Mizutani
Kayo
K
Iwata
Kentaro
K
Tanaka-Taya
Keiko
K
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission*; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult