Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever treated with ribavirin in a pregnant woman

Dizbay M., Aktas F., Gaygısız Ü., Özger H. S., Ozdemir K.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION, vol.59, no.4, pp.281-283, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.08.004
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.281-283
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report a case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) infection in a 36-week pregnant woman. She was treated with ribavirin. She did not transmit the disease to her baby. Her baby was the first known to survive being delivered by a woman with CCHF. The initialization of ribavirin treatment probably resulted in the survival of the mother and her baby. (C) 2009 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.