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A Case Report of Vertical Intrauterine Transmission of Neonatal Covid-19 Disease (SARS-COV2) in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provinces
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AK Ghadimi Moghadam1    , A Mousavizadeh2 , H Bayatmanesh 3 |
1- Department of Pediatrics, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasouj, Iran
2- Center for Research on Social Factors Affecting Health, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
3- Department of Nursing, Imam Sajjad Hospital, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasouj, Iran , hbayatmanesh@gmail.com. |
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Abstract: (1619 Views) |
Background & aim: New Acute Respiratory Coronavirus Syndrome 2 is responsible for Covid 19 infection which is transmitted from human to human through respiratory secretions and contact. But there is no clear evidence of intrauterine transmission in infants. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to report a case of vertical intrauterine transmission of neonatal Covid-19 (SARS-COV2) disease in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces, Iran.
Case present: The patient is a one-day-old single-twin baby with a positive PCR test from a normal delivery from a mother with a positive PCR referred to the maternity ward of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, that baby was born to a mother with active Covid 19 infection. According to the clinical and laboratory information provided from the infant with positive PCR, the clinical and general condition of the infant at birth and subsequent fallopian tubes were normal and the disease in the infant was asymptomatic.
Conclusion: Findings from this report support the vertical intrauterine transfer of Covid-19 from mother to infant.
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| Keywords: Covid-19, Intrauterine, Neonate, Vertical Transfer. |
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Type of Study: case report |
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Received: 2020/11/25 | Accepted: 2021/01/30 | Published: 2021/01/30
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