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Postnatal infection

MedGen UID:
701844
•Concept ID:
C1278797
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Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Postnatal infection (178280004)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pregnancy and viral infections: Mechanisms of fetal damage, diagnosis and prevention of neonatal adverse outcomes from cytomegalovirus to SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus.
Auriti C, De Rose DU, Santisi A, Martini L, Piersigilli F, Bersani I, Ronchetti MP, Caforio L
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021 Oct 1;1867(10):166198. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166198. PMID: 34118406Free PMC Article
Clinical Features, Treatment Courses, and Distribution of Cytomegalovirus Genotypes among Thrombocytopenia Patients Aged Younger than 12 Months.
Hu H, Cheng Y, Peng Q, Chen K
Am J Perinatol 2021 Nov;38(13):1403-1411. Epub 2020 Jun 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713001. PMID: 32526777
Predictors of severity for postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants and implications for treatment.
Gunkel J, Wolfs TF, de Vries LS, Nijman J
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 Nov;12(11):1345-55. Epub 2014 Oct 2 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.966080. PMID: 25277116

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Early Postnatal Infection of Neonates Born to Mothers Infected by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant.
Pietrasanta C, Ronchi A, Agosti M, Mangili G, Sinelli M, Ghirardello S, Barachetti R, Crimi R, Fasolato V, Martinelli S, Bellan C, Crippa B, Artieri G, Perniciaro S, Saruggia M, Ventura ML, Garofoli F, Pagliotta C, Uceda Renteria SC, Piralla A, Bergami F, Morandi G, Proto A, Pontiggia F, Risso FM, Bossi A, Ferrari S, Cavalleri V, Servi P, Castiglione A, Spada E, Ceriotti F, Baldanti F, Mosca F, Pugni L
Pediatrics 2023 Nov 1;152(5) doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062702. PMID: 37830167
Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection of Preterm and Very-low-birth-weight Infants Through Maternal Breast Milk: Does It Matter?
Bimboese P, Kadambari S, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM, Tigg A, Lau R, Morley CJ, Curtis N
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2022 Apr 1;41(4):343-351. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003400. PMID: 34840311
Pregnancy and viral infections: Mechanisms of fetal damage, diagnosis and prevention of neonatal adverse outcomes from cytomegalovirus to SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus.
Auriti C, De Rose DU, Santisi A, Martini L, Piersigilli F, Bersani I, Ronchetti MP, Caforio L
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021 Oct 1;1867(10):166198. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166198. PMID: 34118406Free PMC Article
Predictors of severity for postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants and implications for treatment.
Gunkel J, Wolfs TF, de Vries LS, Nijman J
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 Nov;12(11):1345-55. Epub 2014 Oct 2 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.966080. PMID: 25277116
Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy.
Doerr HW
J Virol Methods 1987 Aug;17(1-2):127-32. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90075-9. PMID: 2822748

Diagnosis

Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection: From the maternal infection to the child outcome.
De Rose DU, Bompard S, Maddaloni C, Bersani I, Martini L, Santisi A, Longo D, Ronchetti MP, Dotta A, Auriti C
J Med Virol 2023 Aug;95(8):e29024. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29024. PMID: 37592873
Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection of Preterm and Very-low-birth-weight Infants Through Maternal Breast Milk: Does It Matter?
Bimboese P, Kadambari S, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM, Tigg A, Lau R, Morley CJ, Curtis N
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2022 Apr 1;41(4):343-351. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003400. PMID: 34840311
Pregnancy and viral infections: Mechanisms of fetal damage, diagnosis and prevention of neonatal adverse outcomes from cytomegalovirus to SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus.
Auriti C, De Rose DU, Santisi A, Martini L, Piersigilli F, Bersani I, Ronchetti MP, Caforio L
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021 Oct 1;1867(10):166198. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166198. PMID: 34118406Free PMC Article
Predictors of severity for postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants and implications for treatment.
Gunkel J, Wolfs TF, de Vries LS, Nijman J
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 Nov;12(11):1345-55. Epub 2014 Oct 2 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.966080. PMID: 25277116
Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy.
Doerr HW
J Virol Methods 1987 Aug;17(1-2):127-32. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90075-9. PMID: 2822748

Therapy

Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection: From the maternal infection to the child outcome.
De Rose DU, Bompard S, Maddaloni C, Bersani I, Martini L, Santisi A, Longo D, Ronchetti MP, Dotta A, Auriti C
J Med Virol 2023 Aug;95(8):e29024. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29024. PMID: 37592873
Update on new medicinal applications of gentamicin: evidence-based review.
Chen C, Chen Y, Wu P, Chen B
J Formos Med Assoc 2014 Feb;113(2):72-82. Epub 2013 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.10.002. PMID: 24216440
Antiviral therapy of CMV disease in children.
Sharland M, Luck S, Griffiths P, Cotton M
Adv Exp Med Biol 2011;697:243-60. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7185-2_17. PMID: 21120731
The role of inflammation and infection in the development of chronic lung disease of prematurity.
Davies PL, Maxwell NC, Kotecha S
Adv Exp Med Biol 2006;582:101-10. doi: 10.1007/0-387-33026-7_9. PMID: 16802622
Lung adenocarcinoma and human papillomavirus infection.
Chen YC, Chen JH, Richard K, Chen PY, Christiani DC
Cancer 2004 Sep 15;101(6):1428-36. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20538. PMID: 15368331

Prognosis

Incidence of congenital and postnatal cytomegalovirus infection during the first year of life in Mexican preterm infants.
Cadena-Mota S, Muñoz-Escalante JC, Martínez-Rodríguez LE, Bernal-Silva S, Tello-Martínez N, de la Torre-Rodríguez I, Hernández-Sánchez PG, Castillo-Martínez F, Escalante-Padrón F, Lima-Rogel V, González-Ortiz AM, Noyola DE
J Med Virol 2022 Jul;94(7):3349-3358. Epub 2022 Mar 17 doi: 10.1002/jmv.27705. PMID: 35261048
Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection and the Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Kelly MS, Benjamin DK, Puopolo KM, Laughon MM, Clark RH, Mukhopadhyay S, Benjamin DK Jr, Smith PB, Permar SR
JAMA Pediatr 2015 Dec;169(12):e153785. Epub 2015 Dec 7 doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3785. PMID: 26642118Free PMC Article
Predictors of severity for postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants and implications for treatment.
Gunkel J, Wolfs TF, de Vries LS, Nijman J
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 Nov;12(11):1345-55. Epub 2014 Oct 2 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.966080. PMID: 25277116
Lung adenocarcinoma and human papillomavirus infection.
Chen YC, Chen JH, Richard K, Chen PY, Christiani DC
Cancer 2004 Sep 15;101(6):1428-36. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20538. PMID: 15368331
Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy.
Doerr HW
J Virol Methods 1987 Aug;17(1-2):127-32. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90075-9. PMID: 2822748

Clinical prediction guides

Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection of Preterm and Very-low-birth-weight Infants Through Maternal Breast Milk: Does It Matter?
Bimboese P, Kadambari S, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM, Tigg A, Lau R, Morley CJ, Curtis N
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2022 Apr 1;41(4):343-351. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003400. PMID: 34840311
Pregnancy and viral infections: Mechanisms of fetal damage, diagnosis and prevention of neonatal adverse outcomes from cytomegalovirus to SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus.
Auriti C, De Rose DU, Santisi A, Martini L, Piersigilli F, Bersani I, Ronchetti MP, Caforio L
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021 Oct 1;1867(10):166198. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166198. PMID: 34118406Free PMC Article
Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection and the Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Kelly MS, Benjamin DK, Puopolo KM, Laughon MM, Clark RH, Mukhopadhyay S, Benjamin DK Jr, Smith PB, Permar SR
JAMA Pediatr 2015 Dec;169(12):e153785. Epub 2015 Dec 7 doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3785. PMID: 26642118Free PMC Article
Predictors of severity for postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants and implications for treatment.
Gunkel J, Wolfs TF, de Vries LS, Nijman J
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 Nov;12(11):1345-55. Epub 2014 Oct 2 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.966080. PMID: 25277116
Lung adenocarcinoma and human papillomavirus infection.
Chen YC, Chen JH, Richard K, Chen PY, Christiani DC
Cancer 2004 Sep 15;101(6):1428-36. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20538. PMID: 15368331

Recent systematic reviews

SARS-CoV-2 positivity in offspring and timing of mother-to-child transmission: living systematic review and meta-analysis.
Allotey J, Chatterjee S, Kew T, Gaetano A, Stallings E, Fernández-García S, Yap M, Sheikh J, Lawson H, Coomar D, Dixit A, Zhou D, Balaji R, Littmoden M, King Y, Debenham L, Llavall AC, Ansari K, Sandhu G, Banjoko A, Walker K, O'Donoghue K, van Wely M, van Leeuwen E, Kostova E, Kunst H, Khalil A, Brizuela V, Broutet N, Kara E, Kim CR, Thorson A, Oladapo OT, Zamora J, Bonet M, Mofenson L, Thangaratinam S; PregCOV-19 Living Systematic Review Consortium
BMJ 2022 Mar 16;376:e067696. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067696. PMID: 35296519Free PMC Article
Planned early delivery versus expectant management of the term suspected compromised baby for improving outcomes.
Bond DM, Gordon A, Hyett J, de Vries B, Carberry AE, Morris J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Nov 24;2015(11):CD009433. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009433.pub2. PMID: 26599471Free PMC Article
Antibiotics for pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes: prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of pre-term birth and infection.
Cousens S, Blencowe H, Gravett M, Lawn JE
Int J Epidemiol 2010 Apr;39 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i134-43. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyq030. PMID: 20348116Free PMC Article

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