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. 2020 Sep 15;40(11):1753–1762. doi: 10.1007/s00296-020-04698-y

Table 1.

Summary of reported cases, possible vertical transmission and patient’s treatment

Chen H et al. (2020)11 Nan Yu et al. (2020)27 Zhu H et al. (2020)28 Breslin N et al. (2020) 29 Dong L et al. (2020)30 Zeng H et al. (2020)31
Number of infected women with COVID-19 9 (100%) 7 (100%) 9 18 1 6
Number of born neonates 9 (100%) 7 (100%) 10 18 1 6
Cesarean section delivery 9 (100%) 7 (100%) 7 9 1 6
Vaginal Delivery 0 0 3 9 NA NA
Number of tested neonates for COVID-19 PCR 9 3 10 18 1 6
Nasopharyngeal swab positive for COVID-19 neonates 0 1 0 0 0 0
COVID-19 IgG positive neonates 0 NA NA 0 1 5
COVID-19 IgM positive neonates 0 NA NA 0 1 2
Breastmilk samples positive for COVID—19 0 NA NA NA NA NA
Vertical transmission No Yes No No Yes Yes
Oxygen support 9 (100%) 7 (100%) 1 (2%) 1 (100%)
Antiviral therapy 6 (67%) 7 (100%) 5 (56%) 1 (100%)
Antibiotic therapy 9 (100%) 7 (100%) 2 (5%) 1 (100%)
Hydroxychloroquine 2 (5%)
Corticosteroid treatment 0 5 (71%) 1 (100%)
Interferon 0 7 (100%) 1 (11%)
Chinese medicine 0 7 (100%)

*PCR polymerase chain reaction