Journal article
A Pregnant Patient With Ebola Virus Disease
Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953), Vol.126(6), pp.1273-1275
12/01/2015
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001092
PMID: 26375715
Abstract
BACKGROUNDLimited data suggest Ebola virus disease during pregnancy is associated with high maternal and fetal mortality. CASEA 34-year-old woman, gravida 4 para 3, at 36 weeks of gestation was admitted to an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone with Ebola virus disease confirmed by laboratory testing of maternal blood for Ebola RNA. She complained of headache, cough, and arthralgia for 7 days but was afebrile. Eleven days later, intrauterine fetal death was diagnosed; the following day, maternal blood was negative for Ebola viral RNA. Labor was induced and resulted in the vaginal delivery of a stillborn fetus. The mother recovered. Her vaginal secretions (on the day of induction), a placenta fragment, umbilical cord, and neonatal buccal swabs were positive for Ebola RNA. No exposed health care workers were infected. CONCLUSIONThis case illustrates that pregnant women can survive infection with Ebola virus disease and be cared for and delivered without infection of their health care workers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Pregnant Patient With Ebola Virus Disease
- Creators
- Titilope Oduyebo - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDenis Pineda - Sierra Leone Urban Research CentreManjo Lamin - University of Sierra LeoneAnders LeungCindi Corbett - Public Health Agency of CanadaDenise J Jamieson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953), Vol.126(6), pp.1273-1275
- DOI
- 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001092
- PMID
- 26375715
- ISSN
- 0029-7844
- eISSN
- 1873-233X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446549902771
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