Congenital rubella syndrome medical therapy

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Overview

There is no specific medical treatment for congenital rubella syndrome.[1]

Medical Therapy

There is no medical treatment for infants diagnosed with congenital rubella syndrome, neither for pregnant women infected with rubella.[1] Most complications arising as a result are managed surgically. However, prenatal management of mothers infected with rubella depends on the gestational age at the onset of infection:[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cofre F, Delpiano L, Labraña Y, Reyes A, Sandoval A, Izquierdo G (2016). "[TORCH syndrome: Rational approach of pre and post natal diagnosis and treatment. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Neonatal Infections Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2016]". Rev Chilena Infectol (in Spanish; Castilian). 33 (2): 191–216. doi:10.4067/S0716-10182016000200010. PMID 27314998.
  2. Bouthry E, Picone O, Hamdi G, Grangeot-Keros L, Ayoubi JM, Vauloup-Fellous C (2014). "Rubella and pregnancy: diagnosis, management and outcomes". Prenat. Diagn. 34 (13): 1246–53. doi:10.1002/pd.4467. PMID 25066688.

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