Congenital chickenpox: urgency and clinical case
The paper gives information on the incidence of chickenpox in Russia. It depicts the specific features of the infection in a pregnant woman and a fetus and the severity of intrauterine infection in relation to its time. The causes of congenital chickenpox and the determinants of the transformation of its intrauterine infection to a generalized infectious process are specified. Ways to prevent congenital chickenpox are determined. The authors describe their clinical observation of congenital varicella syndrome with a fatal outcome. They give practical recommendations based on the data available in the literature and their clinical experience.