TheAnswerPage/Obstetrics & Gynecology
Thursday
03/18/2010
This week:
Infections During Pregnancy


We continue our discussion of infections during pregnancy. A 27-year-old kindergarten teacher calls your office for some advice. She is 18 weeks' pregnant with her first child, and has just discovered that one of the children in her care has been diagnosed with chickenpox.

  1. What is "chickenpox"?
  2. How is this infection acquired?
  3. How should this patient be managed?
  4. Is a vaccine available?

 

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QUESTION INFO.

Specialty area:
Antenatal obstetrics

Category:
Disease states
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