severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, Pregnancy, coronavirus, Pneumonia, Virus Shedding
We report a laboratory-confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a pregnant woman. Although the patient had respiratory failure, a healthy infant was subsequently delivered, and the mother is now well. There was no evidence of viral shedding at delivery. Antibodies to SARS virus were detected in cord blood and breast milk.
Corwin A. Robertson, Sara A. Lowther, Thomas Birch, Christina Tan, Faye Sorhage, Lauren Stockman, L. Clifford McDonald, Jairam R. Lingappa, Eddy Bresnitz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine