Infectious Diseases

Dear colleagues, Please visit www.perinatalcovid19.org for links to newly published articles on covid-19. Some of the new articles are listed below. They address transmission methods, clinical presentation, preventive measures, and effects of covid-19 on healthcare workers. These new articles are in red font and are labeled as 'new'. Gautham Gale et al, 2020. 66 confirmed cases of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection Kyle et al, 2020. Review of newborn outcomes DiToro et al, 2020. Maternal and neonatal outcomes systematic review Horbar et al, 2020. Covid-19 and newborn care (Vermont Oxford Network) Sacks et al, 2020. Protecting newborns durin…

Dear Colleagues, As I have shared before, www.perinatalcovid19.org is a free website that provides many useful resources for management of mothers and babies during the covid-19 pandemic. Please visit and browse through the publications, guidelines, and other useful links. I have added some interesting new articles that are 'hot off the press' - these are labeled as 'New' and are in red font. Hope you find this site useful!

Dear Colleagues, As we navigate our way through the covid-19 pandemic, leadership has emerged as one of the most important factors for success (or failure) in dealing with the challenges we face, both in healthcare, and in society in general. We invite you to participate in a survey on healthcare leadership during the covid-19 pandemic. With this survey we hope to identify the challenges and barriers you have encountered, how you dealt with these challenges, and what personal effects you experienced in dealing with this pandemic. Your valuable responses will he…

Down the line; in search of evidence. Here we go with an important and timely published article from American Journal of Perinatology: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0040-1714346.pdf

Newborns of covid-19 positive mothers - outcomes of co-location and breastfeeding: I have posted a link to a new article by Patil et al on this topic on www.perinatalcovid19.org, a free website with resources to help you deal with the covid-19 pandemic. Please look under 'Important Publications', 'Treatment and Management'.

We sometimes culture infants for herpes simplex born through a normal vaginal delivery and maternal herpes simplex is discovered late during or after delivery (typically recurring herpes). In case of a positive herpes PCR, for example in the upper airway, but negative PCR in blood and cerebrospinal fluid - how would you outline management How do you reason around "colonization" vs "infection" with herpes simplex? My experience over the years, is that a more active management are now adviced from our virology consultants, i.e. iv acyklovir for a relatively long time period.

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Just a few days ago, Professor de Luca in Paris showed a paper with a scientific evidence of vertical transmission of Sars-Cov-2. An excellent (although sad) news by an excellent professor. Coincidentally, yesterday the National Perinatal Institute, in Mexico made a webinar about this topic. In this slide, what you can see, they are showing in the left, that 17 of 86 placenta tested positive to Covid PCR; that 11 of 22 amniotic fluids tested positive and that 6 of 17 human milk the same. All in mothers positive to Covid-19. Hope this will be of interest for you all.

How do you interpret traumatic LP in a neonate with suspected meningitis? If you re-adjust number of WBC then how do you do it? Please post any reference if you have any. Thanks.

Dear Friends, Please visit www.perinatalcovid19.org , a free website that has many resources to help you deal with the covid-19 pandemic. New research on covid-19 is posted here regularly. Hope you find it useful. Please send me information and suggestions that will help serve your needs. Dr. Gautham, Houston, Texas, USA