CLINICAL OBSERVATION
Consequences of varicella in pregnancy: a report of four cases
Correspondence
Irena Narkeviciute, Clinic of Children's Diseases of Vilnius University, Santariskiu 4, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel: +370 5 2720270 | Fax: +370 5 2720368 | Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Four infants are reported with varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) infection, whose mothers had varicella during the second–third trimester of pregnancy. Two newborns had neonatal varicella. One of them, whose mother contracted varicella 5 days before delivery, had a severe and complicated form of the disease. The infants who had herpes zoster did not have specific VZV-IgG antibodies at the onset of the disease.
Conclusion: These cases showed that varicella during the second–third trimester of pregnancy may have serious consequence for infants.
