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cord-340687-99ad1rwq	Abourida, Yassamine	Management of Severe COVID-19 in Pregnancy	2020-07-27		.txt	text/plain	2527	143	46	The scarcity of data concerning pregnant patients gravely infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) makes their management difficult, as most of the reported cases in the literature present mild pneumonia symptoms. Herein, we outline a case of severe COVID-19 infection in a pregnant woman abruptly rupturing her membranes and undergoing cesarean delivery. Herein, we report the case of a healthy parturient infected with SARS-CoV-2 in her third trimester, whose condition deteriorated leading to premature rupture of membranes, a premature birth via a caesarian delivery, and neonatal death. It is noteworthy that recent reports highlighted elevated SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels (IgM and IgG) and abnormal cytokine test results 2 hours after birth in a neonate born to a mother with COVID-19 via a caesarian delivery, whereas RT-PCR tests on nasopharyngeal swabs taken were negative [20] . Possible vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from an infected mother to her newborn	./cache/cord-340687-99ad1rwq.txt	./txt/cord-340687-99ad1rwq.txt