Rubella derived from Latin, meaning “little red.”
Disease initially considered variant of measles
Viral infection characterized by mild symptoms (often subclinical), with an erythemato...
In children, prodrome is not often recognized.
In adults, a 1- to 5-day prodrome of low-grade fever...
Quite good; as many as 50% of infections are asymptomatic.
Rubella infection in a pregnant woman can be devastating for the infant (see “Complications”).
Tend to occur...
American Academy of Pediatrics. Rubella. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, et al, eds. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 30th ed. Elk Grove Villa...
056.9 Rubella without mention of complication
771.0 Congenital rubella
056.79 Rubella with other specified complications
056.71 Arthritis due to rubella
B06.9 Rubella without complication
P3...
Q: Although pregnancy is a contraindication to rubella vaccination, if a pregnant woman is inadvertently vaccinated, will there be harm to the fetus?
A: Data collected since 1979 by the CDC show no...
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<bold>Figure 54-12</bold> Rubella cataracts in a 7-week-old infant.
Congenital Rubella infection at birth.
<bold>Fig B 21-2. Rubella.</bold> Radiograph of the knee in a 1-day-old girl with a maternal history of rubella demonstrates alternating lucent and sclerotic longitudinal striations extending perpendicular to the epiphyseal plate and parallel to the long axis of the bone (celery stick sign).<sup>27</sup>
<bold>Fig B 21-2. Rubella.</bold> Radiograph of the knee in a 1-day-old girl with a maternal history of rubella demonstrates a...
"Salt and pepper" retinopathy of congenital rubella syndrome. Color fundus photograph (left). Fluorescein angiogram (right).