Management of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014

F M Baggi; A Taybi; A Kurth; M Van Herp; A Di Caro; R Wölfel; S Günther; T Decroo; H Declerck; S Jonckheere

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.49.20983

Management of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014

F M Baggi, A Taybi, A Kurth, M Van Herp, A Di Caro, R Wölfel, S Günther, T Decroo, H Declerck, S Jonckheere

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We report two cases of confirmed Ebola virus disease in pregnant women, who presented at the Médecins Sans Frontières Ebola treatment centre in Guéckédou. Despite the very high risk of death, both pregnant women survived. In both cases the critical decision was made to induce vaginal delivery. We raise a number of considerations regarding the management of Ebola virus-infected pregnant women, including the place of amniocentesis and induced delivery, and whether certain invasive medical acts are justified.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	19
Issue number	49
ISSN	1560-7917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.49.20983
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Amniocentesis
Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use
Delivery, Obstetric
Ebolavirus/genetics
Female
Guinea
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/diagnosis
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/drug therapy
Pregnancy Outcome
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Treatment Outcome

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Management of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014

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