Congenital cytomegalovirus infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction with the use of preserved umbilical cord.
We report a patient with congenital cytomegalovirus infection diagnosed retrospectively by real time polymerase chain reaction with the use of a preserved umbilical cord. The patient had mild developmental delay without apparent hearing loss at the diagnosis. Congenital cytomegalovirus infection was suspected on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging that showed abnormal signal intensities in the gray-white matter junction.
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. kakizawa@t-gh.bias.ne.jp
Hiroko
H
Kakizawa
Akihisa
A
Okumura
Yoshiko
Y
Suzuki
Jun
J
Natsume
Hiroshi
H
Kimura
Tamiko
T
Negoro
Kazuyoshi
K
Watanabe
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000821:virology*
D004279:DNA, Viral