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We report a rare case of congenital mumps infection in a newborn girl. Her mother developed bilateral parotitis beginning the day of the delivery. The child was subsequently severely ill and suffered from fever, splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, however, without parotitis nor pancreatic involvement. Both mother and child recovered well with symptomatic treatment. A review of the literature shows that clinical mumps is rare and usually benign in neonates. However, severe respiratory distress may occur. The recent appearance of mumps outbreaks in adolescents and young adults calls for a reinforcement of mumps vaccination and should prompt an immunological assessment of pregnant women after exposure.
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Abbreviations
- MMR:
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Mumps, measles, rubella vaccine
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Lacour, M., Maherzi, M., Vienny, H. et al. Thrombocytopenia in a case of neonatal mumps infection: Evidence for further clinical presentations. Eur J Pediatr 152, 739–741 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953989
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