Two cases of MPXV infection during pregnancy in heterosexual cisgender women without classic cutaneous lesions, Northern California, 2022

Zachary T Renfro; Caitlin A Contag; Jacky Lu; Daniel Solis; ChunHong Huang; Malaya K Sahoo; Fumiko Yamamoto; Jordan Mah; Morris S Jones; Jennifer Lin; Vivian Levy; Benjamin A Pinsky

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01881

Two cases of MPXV infection during pregnancy in heterosexual cisgender women without classic cutaneous lesions, Northern California, 2022

IDCases. 2023 Aug 21:33:e01881. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01881. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zachary T Renfro^{1

2}, Caitlin A Contag^{3

2}, Jacky Lu^{4

2}, Daniel Solis^{4

2}, ChunHong Huang^{4

2}, Malaya K Sahoo^{4

2}, Fumiko Yamamoto^{4

2}, Jordan Mah^{4

2}, Morris S Jones^{2

5}, Jennifer Lin^{2

6}, Vivian Levy^{2

6}, Benjamin A Pinsky^{1

4

2}

Affiliations

¹ Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
² Division of Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
⁵ San Mateo County Health, Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo, CA, United States of America.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, San Mateo County Health, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, CA, United States of America.

Abstract

As part of an epidemiologic survey, we screened remnant samples collected for STI testing for mpox virus. We identified two cases of presumed MPXV infection in pregnant, heterosexual cisgender women. Here, we describe their pregnancy and birth outcomes. Both patients required induction of labor and experienced labor complicated by chorioamnionitis.

Keywords: Chorioamnionitis; MPXV; Monkeypox; Pregnancy; mpox.

Publication types

Case Reports