Measles in a mother and her newborn baby
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Regionale Beata Vergine, Mendrisio, Switzerland
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale Beata Vergine, Mendrisio, Switzerland
- Correspondence to Mario G Bianchetti, Department of Pediatrics, Hospitals Bellinzona and Mendrisio, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland; mario.bianchetti{at}pediatrician.ch
- Received 18 December 2011
- Accepted 24 January 2012
- Published Online First 3 April 2012
A previously healthy 35-year-old Swiss woman at 385/7 weeks of gestation with mild fever, conjunctivitis, coryza and cough for 4 days delivered a baby boy weighing 3.15 kg without neonatal alarm indicators. Some hours later she developed a maculopapular rash starting around the hairline, …
