[A suspected case of in utero transmission of influenza A (H1N1) 2009]

O Picone; C Bernabe-Dupont; C Vauloup-Fellous; C Castel; A-G Cordier; M Guillet; L Grangeot-Keros; P Boileau; A Benachi; R Frydman

doi:10.1016/j.jgyn.2011.01.014

[A suspected case of in utero transmission of influenza A (H1N1) 2009]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2011 Sep;40(5):473-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2011.01.014. Epub 2011 Mar 1.

[Article in French]

Authors

O Picone¹, C Bernabe-Dupont, C Vauloup-Fellous, C Castel, A-G Cordier, M Guillet, L Grangeot-Keros, P Boileau, A Benachi, R Frydman

Affiliation

¹ INSERM U782, université Paris-Sud, Clamart, France. [email protected]

PMID: 21367537
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2011.01.014

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman consulted the day before a scheduled caesarean for dry cough. A positive rhinopharyngeal sample for PCR testing for influenza A H1N1 led to a curative oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) treatment. At delivery a direct contact between the newborn and mother lasted only few seconds. The first healthy baby boy developped dry cough with a rhinopharyngeal sample positive for A H1N1. The minimal contact between mother and child and the positive neonatal sample only four hours after birth allow to think that it is a rare case of prenatal transmission of influenza A H1N1 to the fetus.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / drug effects
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
Influenza, Human / drug therapy
Influenza, Human / transmission*
Male
Nasopharynx / drug effects
Nasopharynx / virology
Oseltamivir / therapeutic use
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Oseltamivir