1. The rate of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in asymptomatic pregnant women admitted to hospital for delivery: Experience of a pandemic center in Turkey.
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Tanacan, Atakan, Erol, Seyit Ahmet, Turgay, Batuhan, Anuk, Ali Taner, Secen, Elcin Islek, Yegin, Gulin Feykan, Ozyer, Sebnem, Kirca, Fisun, Dinc, Bedia, Unlu, Serpil, Yapar Eyi, Elif Gul, Keskin, Huseyin Levent, Sahin, Dilek, Surel, Aziz Ahmet, and Tekin, Ozlem Moraloglu
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SARS-CoV-2 , *PREGNANT women , *REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction , *WOMEN'S hospitals , *MEDICAL personnel , *BACTERIURIA , *COMMUNICABLE disease epidemiology , *COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis , *VIRAL pneumonia , *CLINICAL pathology , *PRENATAL diagnosis , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *COVID-19 , *PREGNANCY complications , *HOSPITAL care , *EPIDEMICS , *LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
Objective: To investigate the rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positivity in asymptomatic pregnant women admitted to hospital for delivery in a Turkish pandemic center.Study Design: This prospective cohort study was conducted in Ankara City Hospital between April, 15, 2020 and June, 5, 2020. A total of 206 asymptomatic pregnant women (103 low-risk pregnant women without any defined risk factor and 103 high-risk pregnant women) were screened for SARS-CoV-2 positivity upon admission to hospital for delivery. Detection of SARS-CoV2 in nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal samples was performed by Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method targeting RdRp (RNA dependent RNA polymerase) gene. Two groups were compared in terms of demographic features, clinical characteristics and SARS-CoV-2 positivity.Results: Three of the 206 pregnant women participating in the study had positive RT-PCR tests (1.4 %) and all positive cases were in the high-risk pregnancy group. Although, one case in the high-risk pregnancy group had developed symptoms highly suspicious for COVID-19, two repeated RT-PCR tests were negative. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity rate was significantly higher in the high-risk pregnancy group (2.9 % vs 0%, p = 0.04).Conclusion: Healthcare professionals should be cautious in the labor and delivery of high-risk pregnant women during the pandemic period and universal testing for COVID-19 may be considered in selected populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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