Second-Trimester Miscarriage in a Pregnant Woman With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

David Baud; Gilbert Greub; Guillaume Favre; Carole Gengler; Katia Jaton; Estelle Dubruc; Léo Pomar

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7233

Second-Trimester Miscarriage in a Pregnant Woman With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

JAMA. 2020 Jun 2;323(21):2198-2200. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.7233.

Authors

David Baud¹, Gilbert Greub², Guillaume Favre¹, Carole Gengler³, Katia Jaton², Estelle Dubruc³, Léo Pomar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

This case report describes a pregnant woman with symptomatic coronavirus disease who experienced a second-trimester miscarriage in association with documented placental SARS-CoV-2 infection.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous / virology*
Adult
Autopsy
Betacoronavirus* / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Female
Fetus / virology
Humans
Nasopharynx / virology
Pandemics
Placenta / virology
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
SARS-CoV-2
Stillbirth