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3003888

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Zoster immunoglobulin (ZIG) was given for prophylaxis to 95 neonates born to mothers with perinatal varicella. The treatment had no influence on the clinical attack rate; 48 (50%) of the children developed varicella. However, the ZIG treatment clearly influenced the course of the disease for newborns at particular risk, i.e. when maternal varicella developed within 4 days before and 2 days after delivery. Of 41 such neonates, 21 (51%) contracted varicella with an incubation mean time of 11 days. 13 of the 21 developed a very mild chickenpox (no fever, less than or equal to 20 pocks), 6 had a mild to normal disease, and 2 (10%) had more severe infections; none died or got sequelae after the disease. These results should be compared with the expected rate of complications in non-treated neonates in the defined risk group, where the mortality among those contracting varicella has been reported to be as high as about 30%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
343-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of zoster immunoglobulin for varicella prophylaxis in the newborn.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article