| Literature DB >> 29766472 |
Michele Trotta1,2, Beatrice Borchi1,2, Alessandra Niccolai3, Elisabetta Venturini4,5, Susanna Giaché6, Gaetana Sterrantino1, Maria Grazia Colao7, Gian Maria Rossolini6,7, Alessandro Bartoloni1,6, Lorenzo Zammarchi8,9,10.
Abstract
Data from 215 pregnant women exposed to varicella and 276 with varicella observed at the Tuscany Reference Center for Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, Florence, Italy, in the period 1997-2016 were retrospectively collected. The risk of developing varicella was lower in exposed women who received varicella zoster immunoglobulin compared with those who did not receive it [42% (21 of 50) vs 72% (13 of 18); p = 0.0263]. Typical congenital varicella syndrome was observed in 1.56% of fetuses/neonates born from pregnant women with varicella.Entities:
Keywords: Chickenpox; Congenital; Immunoglobulin; VZIG; Varicella; Varicella zoster virus
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29766472 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-018-1150-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 7.455