title: Bilateral deafness due to congenital CMV and not rubella reinfection.
abstract: We report on an infant with bilateral deafness discovered at the age of 5 months caused by a retrospectively diagnosed primary maternal CMV infection after definitive exclusion of maternal rubella reinfection as a cause of fetal infection.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Virologie, Infektiologie und Epidemiologie, Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enders
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bäder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis