Perinatal COVID-19: a case report / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

We hereby reported the diagnosis,treatment process and perinatal outcome of a patient with COVID-19 in perinatal period.The pregnant woman delivered a boy by cesarean section at 37+2 gestational weeks due to severe liver dysfunction.She subsequently had a high fever 2 days later,and COVID-19 was confirmed by nucleic acid test in a throat swab.After a 12-day isolation and support treatment,her two consecutive throat swab results for 2019 novel coronavirus turned negative and she was discharged.The 2019 novel coronavirus was tested in the patient's blood,urine,breast milk as well as the neonatal throat swab,and the results were all negative.The neonate had an elevated myocardial enzyme,but was otherwise well and was discharged after 14-day isolation.