Congenital infections

Question 1

Toxoplasmosis
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 1

How: Cat feces
Mom present: Rarely LAD
Baby Consequences:
1) Hydrocephalus
2) Cerebral calcifications
3) Retinochoroiditis

Question 2

Listeria monocytogenes
How
Baby Consequences

Answer 2

How: Deli foods
Baby Consequences:
Granulomatosis infanticeptica

Question 3

Low folate

Answer 3

Neural tube defects (spina bifida)

Question 4

CMV
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 4

How: Sexual contact, organ transplant
Mom present: Rarely mononucleosis like illness
Baby Consequences:
1) Hearing loss
2) Seizures
3) Petechial rash
4) Blueberry muffin rash

Question 5

Rubella
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 5

How: Respiratory droplets
Mom present: RASH, LAD, arthritis
Baby Consequences:
1) Cardiac - patent ductus, pulmonary artery hypoplasia
2) Cataracts
3) Deafness
4) Blueberry muffin rash = Bluish-red skin lesions (dermal erythropoesis)

Question 6

HIV
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 6

How: Sexual contact, needle stick
Mom present: Variable (depends on CD4)
Baby Consequences: 
1) Recurrent infections
2) Chronic diarrhea

Question 7

HSV2
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 7

How: Skin or mucous membrane contact (during delivery)
Mom present: Rarely herpetic lesions on genitals
Baby Consequences:
1) Encephalitis
2) Herpetic lesions

Question 8

Syphilis
How
Mom present
Baby Consequences

Answer 8

How: Sexual contact
Mom present: Primary chancre or secondary disseminated rash
Baby Consequences: 
1) Stillbirth
2) Hydrops fatalis
3) Facial abnormalities
4) Saddle nose
5) Hutchinson incisor, mulberry molars
6) Saber shins
7) CN VIII deafness