Cause of fetal infection What is the cause of fetal infection? What is the risk of infection for the fetus? Children's health is an important issue that parents should pay enough attention to before and after the birth of a baby... In this article, Dr. Faraji, a good pediatrician in North Tehran, examines fetal infection, early or delayed infections in babies... If you are pregnant or have children, it is recommended to read the following article... Important babies are: Syphilis, measles, CMV, varicella, parvovirus B 19 and toxoplasmosis. Of course, HSV, HIV, HBV, HCV and TB can all cause transmarital infection, although the most common way of transmission of these agents is during labor and birth, that is, during transmission through an infected mother or after birth, it is infected by the mother, or it can be consumed by the mother after birth.. Breast milk (HIV)... Residents of the genital tract or the lower part of the digestive tract can also be the cause of infection in children.... ### Early and late infections of infants Early and late infections are classified according to the age of the baby... Although these infections are separated by definition based on the occurrence of infection before and after the first week of birth, but it is better to separate the two based on the pathogenesis during delivery... Early infections occur before or during delivery and delayed infections depend on the time of delivery in the hospital or community contact... The severity of the agent.... Delayed infections It is seen very late, especially in premature VNBW babies or term babies who need a long stay in the NICU... ### Hospital infections Nosocomial infections cause significant complications and delayed mortality in hospitalized infants... According to the definition of many pediatricians, nosocomial infection occurs after the third day and is not transmitted directly from the mother's genital tract. Diagnostic examination of infants suspected of sepsis, in relation to spinal fluid sampling, is much more difficult to determine the amount of delayed meningitis.. Viruses such as RSV, Varicella, Influenza, Rotavirus and Enterovirus also cause nosocomial infections in the NICU.. except for immunity from maternal antibodies, they are equally important..