Cesarean Section and Genital Herpes (Cont.)
- 9 June 1977
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 296 (23) , 1359
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197706092962320
Abstract
To the Editor: Drs. Chang and O'Keefe, in their letter regarding cesarean section and genital herpes (N Engl J Med 296:573, 1977), note that cesarean sections are being performed in large numbers for the prevention of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection. They also claim that there was not a single case of neonatal herpes in Massachusetts in 1976. One might be tempted to conclude that cesarean sections have indeed been effective in preventing neonatal herpes in Massachusetts! Unfortunately, it is not possible to be certain that no cases of neonatal herpes have occurred in any one hospital, much less . . .Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Significance of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection During PregnancyClinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1972
- Perinatal risk associated with maternal genital herpes simplex virus infectionAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1971