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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 28;18(1):130.
doi: 10.1186/s12985-021-01598-w.

Impact of joint management of a COVID-19 mother and her newborn on the virus transmission: a case report

Maria Chiara De Nardo  1 , Anna Rita Bellomo  2 , Francesca Perfetti  2 , Francesco Antonino Battaglia  3 , Miriam Lichtner  4 , Riccardo Lubrano  2
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Case Reports

Impact of joint management of a COVID-19 mother and her newborn on the virus transmission: a case report

Maria Chiara De Nardo et al. Virol J. .

Abstract

Background: Since last year, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel Sars-Cov-2 virus, has been globally spread to all the world. COVID-19 infection among pregnant women has been described. However, transplacental transmission of Sars-Cov-2 virus from infected mother to the newborn is not yet established. The appropriate management of infants born to mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and the start of early breastfeeding are being debated.

Case presentation: We report a case of the joint management of a healthy neonate with his mother tested positive for Covid-19 before the delivery and throughout neonatal follow-up. The infection transmission from the mother to her baby is not described, even after a long period of contact between them and breastfeeding.

Conclusion: It may consider an appropriate practice to keep mother and her newborn infant together in order to facilitate their contact and to encourage breastfeeding, although integration with infection prevention measures is needed.

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Neonates; Rooming-in; SARS-CoV2 transmission.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Trend of maternal N-gene Ct values during time of infection
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