Do Antepartum Herpes Simplex Virus Cultures Predict Intrapartum Shedding for Pregnant Women With Recurrent Disease?

S. M. Garland; T. N. Lee; S.  Sacks

doi:10.1155/S1064744999000423

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1999)

Do Antepartum Herpes Simplex Virus Cultures Predict Intrapartum Shedding for Pregnant Women With Recurrent Disease?

S. M. Garland,
T. N. Lee,
S. Sacks

Affiliations

S. M. Garland: Microbiology Department, Royal Women's Hospital, Grattan Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
T. N. Lee: Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia & Viridae Clinical Sciences Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada
S. Sacks: Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia & Viridae Clinical Sciences Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744999000423
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 5
pp. 230 – 236

Abstract

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Objective: To examine antenatal screening as a predictor of intrapartum shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and to determine its usefulness in guiding the appropriate route of delivery for patients with recurrent HSV in pregnancy.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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