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Vacuum extraction and herpes simplex virus infection
Author(s) -
Sadan O.,
Dishi M.,
Somekh E.,
Kohelet D.,
Lurie S.,
Glezerman M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.02.020
Subject(s) - medicine , herpes simplex virus , scalp , hsl and hsv , herpes genitalis , vaginal delivery , virus , virology , vacuum extraction , obstetrics , herpes virus , immunology , pregnancy , genital herpes , dermatology , biology , genetics
Objective To search for an association between delivery by vacuum extraction and an increased neonatal risk for herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Methods In a cross‐sectional, descriptive, controlled study, the study (vacuum extraction) and control (spontaneous delivery) groups each included 50 consecutive women with no history of HSV infection. Cultures for HSV were obtained from the genital tracts of all parturient women and the scalps of their newborns. Results Following operative vaginal delivery, two newborns (4%) had scalp vesicles and cultures were positive for HSV for both mothers and newborns; two newborns (4%) had scalp vesicles and cultures were negative for HSV; and two newborns (4%) without scalp vesicles had cultures positive for HSV. Following spontaneous delivery, cultures were positive for HSV for four women and their newborns (8%). Conclusion Herpes simplex virus isolated from the scalps of newborns may often result from colonization rather than infection.