Epidermolysis in a newborn of a mother affected by covid-19 in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy

Ceska Gynekol. 2023;88(1):13-16. doi: 10.48095/cccg202313.

Abstract

Covid-19, caused by severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is currently a pandemic. Although this infection primarily presents with respiratory symptoms, the number of reported extrapulmonary manifestations, including dermatological, is also increasing. A group of pregnant women is particularly susceptible to respiratory diseases, but with regard to covid-19, there is still limited data on the course of infection in pregnancy in relation to the possibility of vertical transmission. We present the case of a 30-year-old unvaccinated patient with a history of overcoming covid-19 infections in the 7th month of pregnancy, and with persistent skin lesions. The patient gave birth to a mature newborn with epidermolytic lesions on a bullous base. In the differential dia-gnostic process, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome and epidermolysis bullosa were ruled out in the newborn. Considering the clinical findings and epidemiological history of the mother, we assume a possible vertical transmission of covid-19 with skin manifestation of the disease in the newborn.

Keywords: COVID-19; pregnancy; skin graft; skin manifestation; vertical transmission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Mothers
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • SARS-CoV-2