Striatal Lacunar Infarction in a Late Preterm Infant Born to a Mother with Active Peripartum SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current literature suggests that neonatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections generally have a mild course. Data on how in utero exposure to maternal infection affects neonatal health outcomes are limited, but there is evidence that neurological damage to the fetus and thromboembolic events may occur. Case Presentation. We describe the case of a late preterm infant, who presented with striatal lacunar infarction in the neonatal period, born to a mother with active peripartum SARS-CoV-2 infection. Diagnostic workup did not identify risk factors apart from the maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection. Repeated reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for SARS-CoV-2 using oropharyngeal swab specimens of the patient w

SUBMITTER: Hochmayr C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10555493 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature