New-born with dengue cured

A team of doctors successfully treated a preterm newborn who acquired dengue from her mother.

- Indu Bhagat

The baby was delivered via emergency cesarean section and developed dengue as a result of perinatal transmission of the virus.

Patient Avantika Patil (name changed), a resident of Vishrantwadi, Pune, working with a private limited company, was elated about her first pregnancy.

Unfortunately, she acquired dengue a week before her delivery. She had symptoms like joint pain, on-and-off fever and dehydration. She was admitted to a private hospital at 36+5 weeks of pregnancy on July 29, where an emergency C-section was performed to save both the mother and the baby.

Dr Siddharth Madabhushi, a consultant neonatologist at Ankura Hospital, Pune, said, "A 36+5 weeks late preterm female baby weighing 2.33 kg was born by emergency caesarean section due to the preterm onset of labour in a 33-year-old primigravida mother.