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Define congenital infection

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  • An infection acquired transplacentally during gestation
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List as many common congenital infections as you can

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From TO note CHEAP TORCHES
C: Chicken pox/shingles
H: Hep B 
E: Epstein-Barr 
A: Aid (HIV) 
P: Parvovirus B19 
T: Toxicoplasmosis
O: Other (covered in longer acronym - so nothing else? Tuberculosis) 
R: Rubella virus 
C: CMV/Coxsackievirus 
H: HSV 
E: Every other STI (N. gonorhoeae, Chlamydia) 
S: Syphilis
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Many clinical manifestions from congenitial infections are similar regardless of infection what are some common problems?

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  • Intrauterine growth restriction
  • Non-immune hydrops fetalis
  • anemia
  • thrombocytopenia
  • jaundice
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • chorioretinitis
  • congenital malformation
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What is hydrops fetalis?

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid in 2 or more fetal compartments:

  • Ascites
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pericardial effusion
  • Skin edema
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Which pathogen causes toxoplasmosis?

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  • Toxoplasma gondii
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What classic triad would you expect to see in a patient with toxoplasmosis?

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1) hydrocephalus
2) chorioretinitis
3) intracranial calcifications.

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How is the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis confirmed?

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  • Serum IgG antibody testing
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How would you treat an infant with toxoplasmosis?

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1) Pyrimethamine (with folic acid)
- Works by interfering with folic acid pathway

2) Sulfadiazine
- Also works by interfering with folic acid pathway at a different level
* Note therapy is prolonged often, sometimes up to a year

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How is toxoplasmosis transmitted?

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  • Contamination with cat feces

- Undercooked meat

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How would you counsel a pregnant patient when discussing ways to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis infection?

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  • Avoid cat litter box
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What is the classic triad of clinical features associated with congenital rubella?
- What other features are common?

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Eyes, Heart, Ears

1) Sensorineural deafness
2) Eye abnormalities
- cataracts
- retinopathy
- microphthalmia
3) Congenital heart disease
- PDA
- pulmonary artery stenosis

  • Other features
  • Blue berry muffin rash (due to dermal erythropoesis)
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • encephalitis
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How is rubella diagnosed?

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  • IgM antibodies for recent infection
  • IgG antibodies over sever months can confirm
  • Rubella can be isolated from urine, blood, CSF and throat swabs
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How long should a baby with congenital rubella stay away from pregnant women and why?

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  • 1 year

- Infants are chronically and persistently infected and tend to shed the virus for 1 year

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True or False: Children born to adolescents are 3-7 times more likely to be infected with CMV?

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True

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How is cytomegalovirus diagnosed?

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  • Diagnosed by detection of virus in the urine or saliva by culture
  • Can take several weeks
  • Detection withing the first 3 weeks of life is considered proof of a congenital infection
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What is the leading cause of non-hereditary sensorineural hearing loss in infants?

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  • Cytomeglovirus
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What are the most common sources of CMV occurring in the mother?

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  • Sexual contacts
  • Contacts with young children
    • Daycare workers, school teachers, etc.. at increased risk
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How does a patient with congenital CMV most commonly present at birth?

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  • 90% are asymptomatic!

- 10% are small for gestational age

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What symptoms can occur with congenital CMV?

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    • Intracranial calcifications ** (TYPICALLY PARAVENTRICULAR in CMV)
    • Chorioretinitis
    • Hearing abnormality
  • small for gestational age
  • microcephaly
  • thrombocytopenia
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • hepatitis
  • can also present with blueberry muffin rash
    • Children may not present until hearing loss, developmental delays are noted in early childhood
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What has been shown to decrease the progression of hearing loss in children with congenital CMV?

21
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What carries a higher risk of transmission of HSV from mother to fetus? Primary infection or reactivated secondary?

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  • Primary (33-50% risk)

- Secondary (under 5% risk)

22
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How long after birth does an infant present with signs of HSV infection?

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  • Normal at birth in most cases

- day of life 5-10 is when symptoms tend to develop

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What are the clinical features of congenital HSV infection?

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1) Disseminated disease
- multisystem organ disease most notably the lungs and liver

2) Localized CNS infection or localized infection to skin, eyes or mouth

In general:

  • HSV should be suspected in any infant with signs of sepsis or liver dysfunction with negative bacterial culture
  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • abnormal CSF findings
  • seizure
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How is a HSV diagnosis confirmed?

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1) Culture obtained from any of:
- skin vesicle
- nasopharynx
- eyes
- urine
- CSF
- Stool
- Rectum

2) PCR from either blood, CSF or urine

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What is the treatment for congenital HSV infection?
- Acyclovir I.V.
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Which pathogen causes syphilis?
Treponema pallidum
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What is the Hutchinson triad?
1) Interstitial keratitis - Inflammation of the tissue of the cornea, the clear window of the eye - Can lead to vision loss 2) Eighth cranial nerve palsay - Vestibulocochlear nerve - Hearing loss - Vertigo 3) Hutchinson teeth - Teeth are smaller and more widely spaced - Have notches on the biting surface
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What type of abnormalities may be seen in the bones of a child born with congenital syphilis?
- Osteochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage or bone in a joint) - Perichondritis (inflammation of connective tissue surrounding cartilage)
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What are snuffles?
- Syphilitic rhinitis - More severe and persistent than the common cold and are often bloody - One of the earliest presenting signs of congenital syphilis
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How is congenital syphilis treated?
- I.V. penicillin G (10-14 days) is the preferred drug and only documented effective treatment for congenital syphilis
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How do you follow-up on a patient treated for congenital syphilis?
- Repeat nontreponemal titers at 3, 6, and 12 months to document falling tirers - In infants with neurosyphilis CSF must also be examined for at least 3 years or until CSF findings are normal.
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An infant with congenital N. gonorrheoeae typically has an infection where?
1) Eyes (ophthalmia neonatorum) Other areas: - scalp abscess - vaginitis - diseminated disease - arthritis - meningitis
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When is an infant typically infected with N. gonorrheoeae?
- During birth | - Mucous membranes come in contact with infected secretions of the mother
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Is congenital gonorrhea infection of the eye typically unilateral or bilateral?
- Bilateral | - However, one eye may be clinically worse than the other
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How and when does a congenital gonorrhea infection typically present?
- Within the first 5 days of life | - Initially a clear watery discharge which rapidly becomes purulent
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What complications to the eye can occur if congenital gonorrhea is left untreated?
- Infection can spread to cornea (keratitis) - Can spread to anterior chamber of eye * Extention can result in corneal perforation and blindness
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How is ophthalmia neonatorum treated? Are these patient admitted?
1) Single intramuscular injection of ceftriaxone - cefotaxime used if there is hyperbillirubinemia - Eye irrigation with saline * * Topical antibiotic therapy is inadequate alone and thus not recommended in patient treated with IM ceftriaxone ** 2) Yes these patients are admitted and monitored for response to treatment and signs of disseminated disease
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What efforts are made to prevent congenital gonorrhea infection?
- Pre-natal screening and treatment of gonorrhea - Prophylactic erythromycin, silver nitrate eye ointment or tetracycline at birth for gonorrheal and chlamydial conjunctivitis
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How is neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis typically characterized?
- bilateral ocularcongestion, edema, and discharge | - develops 5-14 days after birth
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Aside from ocular infection how else can a congenital chlamydial infection present?
- Pneumonia
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How is chlamydial infection confirmed?
- culture from conjunctival scraping | - Giemsa stain showing blue stain is also diagnostic
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How is congenital chlamydia treated?
- 14 day course of oral erythromycin | - Topical treatment in known case, like in gonorrhea, is not effective and thus not recommended

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