ABSTRACT
Introduction. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in late 2019 and has spread rapidly all over the world. Today it is the main global medical problem affecting the population of all ages. Data on the general condition and potential complications of neonates born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported all around the world. Herein we present our observations derived from almost three months of work with infants born to SARS-CoV-2-infected mothers. Material and methods. Forty-two neonates born to women with positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests between December 2020 and February 2021 in the infective obstetric unit at Wroclaw's Regional Hospital were analyzed with respect to epidemiologic and clinical data obtained from the personal observations and medical records system. Results. Nineteen of the neonates were male (45%) and the median birth term was 39 weeks of gestation. All of the newborns had negative Antigen Rapid Test result for SARS-CoV-2 after birth. Most of them were asymptomatic, except 6 who presented with pneumonia. One of the symptomatic children had positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen and real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on the 9th day of life. It is likely that he acquired postpartum infection from his mother. None required invasive ventilation and no deaths were reported. Conclusions. Our study presented that post-birth, most babies of SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers are not infected by the virus and confirmed the fact that the risk of perinatal moth-er-to-child transmission is rather low.Copyright © 2022, Wydawnictwo Czelej Sp. z o.o.. All rights reserved.