Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection during Pregnancy: A Report of 5 Cases from Saudi Arabia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 951-953

  Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Abedi, Glen R ^b   Al Masri, Malak ^a   Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^b   Watson, John T ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

infectious disease transmission; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus; perinatal mortality; pregnancy; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MULTIGRAVIDA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CASE REPORT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84990924183     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw412     Document Type: Article

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