Resumen: Objective
To screen pregnant women at risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during delivery using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test and serum immunoglobulin (Ig) testing.
Method
Between March 31 st and August 31 st of 2020, consecutive pregnant women admitted for labor and delivery in a single hospital were screened for SARS-CoV-2 with nasopharyngeal RT-PCR swab tests and detection of serum IgG and IgM.
Results
We studied 266 pregnant women admitted for labor and delivery. The prevalence of acute or past SARS-CoV-2 infection was 9.0 %, including (i) two cases with respiratory symptoms of SARS-Co-V-2 infection and positive RT-PCR; (ii) four asymptomatic women with positive RT-PCR without clinical symptoms and negative serological tests between two and 15 weeks later; and (iii) two women with false positive RT-PCR due to technical problems. All newborns of the 6 pregnant women with RT-PCR positive had negative RT-PCR and did not require Neonatal Intensive Care Unit admission. There were eighteen asymptomatic women with positive serological IgG tests and negative RT-PCR.
Conclusion
In our cohort of gravids, we found 2.2 % of women with positive RT-PRC tests and 6.7 % with positive serological tests during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.11.069 Año: 2021 Publicado en: European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 256 (2021), 400-404 ISSN: 0301-2115 Factor impacto JCR: 2.831 (2021) Categ. JCR: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY rank: 21 / 31 = 0.677 (2021) - Q3 - T3 Categ. JCR: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY rank: 46 / 85 = 0.541 (2021) - Q3 - T2 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.3 - Medicine (Q2)