Catalog

Disseminated perinatal varicella

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Link to WHO Definition

Disseminated perinatal varicella – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1933420573

Disseminated perinatal varicella occurs typically when a Varicella Zoster virus naïve mother develops varicella in late pregnancy, typically within five days of delivery. Because she does not have time to develop protective antibodies to transfer transplacentally to her fetus, her newborn child is at high risk of disseminated infection with widespread cutaneous and visceral lesions and respiratory distress due to varicella pneumonia. There is a high mortality if prompt intervention is not undertaken.