TY  - JOUR
T1  - NEonatal relapsing fever due to transplacental transmission of borrelia
AU  - Fuchs PC, Oyama AA
Y1  - 1969/04/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160040098019
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 690
EP  - 692
VL  - 208
IS  - 4
N2  - Transplacental transmission of relapsing fever occured; spirochetes of the genus Borrelia were demonstrated in the blood of the mother and infant and in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the infant. Autopsy of the baby, who died 39 hours after birth, showed meningitis and typical splenic lesions with numerous spirochetes. Some unusual aspects of this case are the transplacental transmission, fatal outcome in the infant, and the demonstration of spirochetes in the CSF on direct smear.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160040098019
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160040098019
ER  -