Epidermolysis in a newborn of a mother affected by COVID- 19 in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy

Authors

  • Erik Dosedla Gynekologicko-pôrodnícka klinika LF UPJŠ Košice-Šaca
  • Petra Gašparová Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital Agel Košice-Šaca Inc., Košice-Šaca, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-6911
  • Zuzana Ballová Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital Agel Košice-Šaca Inc., Košice-Šaca, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-948X
  • Kamila Radaljová Neonatology Department of Hospital Agel Košice-Šaca Inc., Košice-Šaca, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-1953
  • Pavel Calda Charles University, Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-5026

Keywords:

COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19, caused by severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is currently a pandemic. Although this infection primarily presents with respiratory symptoms, the number of reported extrapulmonary manifestations, including dermatological, is also increasing. A group of pregnant women is particularly susceptible to respiratory diseases, but with regard to COVID-19, there is still limited data on the course of infection in pregnancy in relation to the possibility of vertical transmission. We present the case of a 30-year-old unvaccinated patient with a history of overcoming COVID-19 infections in the 7th month of pregnancy, persistent skin lesions. The patient gave birth to a mature newborn with epidermolytic lesions on a bullous base. In the differential diagnostic process, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome and epidermolysis bullosa were ruled out in the newborn. Considering the clinical findings and epidemiological history of the mother, we assume a possible vertical transmission of COVID-19 with skin manifestation of the disease in the newborn.

Published

2023-02-23

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Gynecology and Obstetrics

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