FEATURES OF THE COURSE OF PERINATAL INFECTIONS AT THE PRESENT STAGE

The aim: To characterize the course of the most common perinatal infections on the basis of assessment of the literature data.

Materials and methods: This article provides an assessment of 125 literature sources submitted to PubMed, Medline, Cochrane Library, CyberLeninka, Google Scholar and V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. The description of the most common viral, bacterial and parasitic perinatal infections, transmission methods, clinical manifestations, methods of diagnosis and treatment, their clinical consequences are described. Perinatal infections are the leading cause of severe congenital pathology, a serious worldwide medical and social problem that needs to be addressed.

Conclusions: Perinatal infections are a serious issue of today, requiring a multidisciplinary approach and the collaboration of doctors of different specialties. Their prevalence among the population, high rates of perinatal mortality, concealment under the mask of other disorders, and the absence of specific clinical symptoms in pregnant and newborns require careful consideration of this problem. Improving the quality of diagnosis and treatment of this pathological condition will help to minimize the risk of transmission of infection, as well as to avoid a number of abnormaalities in the neonatal period and the development of congenital infection.