Congenital rubella infection from reinfection of previously immunised mothers

Aust N Z J Ophthalmol. 1991 Nov;19(4):291-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1991.tb00674.x.

Abstract

Two children developed congenital rubella infection when their mothers had been proven to be satisfactorily immunised against rubella before the affected pregnancy. One child was severely affected with heart lesions, brain damage, severe deafness, physical retardation, cataracts and rubella retinopathy. The other child had moderately severe sensorineural deafness and a mild reduction in visual acuity due to rubella retinopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / etiology
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Cataract / congenital
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / congenital
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control
  • Recurrence
  • Rubella / congenital*
  • Rubella / immunology*
  • Rubella / prevention & control
  • Rubella Vaccine / immunology
  • Rubella virus / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Rubella Vaccine