HSV Discordancy in Pregnancy

From Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls Dr. Chapa’s Clinical Pearls

Neonatal herpes infection can be devastating to the newborn. For patients with a history of known genital herpes, daily suppression beginning at 36 weeks until delivery has been the standard for over 2 decades. For the HSV2 negative pregnant patient with a HSV2 positive partner, is PREP an option? In this session, we were review management of the HSV2 discordant couple during pregnancy.