Question 15 · LEK · Erythema infectiosum
What is the optimal procedure after the contact of a pregnant woman in the third trimester with a child, who was diagnosed on the day of the contact (upon clinical course, typical skin manifestations) with erythema infectiosum (the fifth disease)? The child is (except for erythema) generally healthy, has no comorbidities.
- A. isolate the pregnant woman form the sick child, perform serological test in the mother (in order to verify previous infection with parvovirus B19).
- B. isolate pregnant woman form the sick child, wait for infection symptoms in the mother, ultrasound of the fetus.
- C. to isolate the pregnant woman form the sick child, no need to expand diagnostics.
- D. no need to isolate the woman from the child, no need to expand diagnostics.
- E. no need to isolate the woman from the child, perform ultrasound of the fetus.
Hint
Ask when a child with fifth disease is actually contagious and how the fetal risk of parvovirus B19 changes with gestational age.
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