Recurrent genital herpes simplex virus infection in pregnancy: infant outcome and frequency of asymptomatic recurrences
| Autor: | Louis A. Vontver, Durlin E. Hickok, Zane A. Brown, Lawrence Corey, Lucy Reid |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent viruses Disease Asymptomatic Virus Infant Newborn Diseases Vulva Pregnancy Recurrence Medicine Humans Sex organ Prospective Studies Viral shedding Pregnancy Complications Infectious Cervix Gynecology Herpes Genitalis business.industry Obstetrics Cesarean Section Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 143(1) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| Popis: | Eighty pregnant patients with a history of recurrent genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection were followed up with frequent genital examinations and cultures for HSV during their pregnancies. Recurrences of genital HSV during pregnancy were documented in 67 patients. Ninety-six percent of these had external genital lesions noted at some time during their pregnancy. One hundred eighty-six (93%) of the 199 recurrences of the disease were associated with external genital lesions. Of 13 episodes of asymptomatic viral shedding documented in this patient population, six were from the vulva alone, five were from the cervix alone, and two were from both the vulva and the cervix. Of 11 episodes of cervical HSV shedding, seven were asymptomatic and four were associated with external symptomatic lesions. Despite frequent recurrences of genital HSV infection during pregnancy, all study patients were delivered at term, and although they had a high rate of delivery by cesarean section (32.5%), the outcome of their infants was good. |
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