title: Case report: congenital rubella syndrome: a rare but persistent concern in the United States.
abstract: In countries such as the United States where rubella virus infections are rare, congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) may not be recognized in a timely manner. However, the syndrome still appears in this country, often in infants of mothers emigrating from countries with absent or suboptimal national vaccination programs. We describe a case of CRS in a term baby born to a recent US immigrant who developed a primary varicella infection in late pregnancy and demonstrated IgG titers to rubella at delivery. At presentation, the neonate had both classical findings as well as less reported vascular and neurological abnormalities seen in infants with CRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gowtham
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Felling
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jalazo
authors.forename: H-J S
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valsamakis
authors.forename: T A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Golden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G