Congenital rubella syndrome screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Overview

There is no screening test for congenital rubella syndrome.

Screening

There is no screening test for congenital rubella syndrome.^[1] However, if there is a high clinical suspicion of rubella infection during pregnancy, serum IgG and IgM antibodies against rubella may be ordered. Also, if a pregnant woman proves to be unimmune to rubella, vaccination with MMR should be deferred till after delivery due to the theoretical teratogenic effects of the rubella vaccine.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Preventive Services Task Force https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=congenital+rubella+syndrome. Accessed on Jan 17, 2017.
↑ Center for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt14-rubella.html. Accessed on Jan 17, 2017.

[USPSTF-1] U.S. Preventive Services Task Force https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=congenital+rubella+syndrome. Accessed on Jan 17, 2017.

[CDC-2] Center for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt14-rubella.html. Accessed on Jan 17, 2017.

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