title: Severe acquired cytomegalovirus infection in a full-term, formula-fed infant: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cases of cytomegalovirus colitis are exceptionally reported in immuno-competent infant. The pathogenesis is uncertain but breast-feeding is considered as a main source of postnatal infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we report a full-term, formula-fed infant who developed a severe cytomegalovirus anaemia and colitis when aged 2 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even if the molecular identity between the cytomegalovirus-isolate of the infant and the maternal virus could not be demonstrated, we confirmed through laboratory investigation that cytomegalovirus infection was acquired postnatally. However, the source of cytomegalovirus infection remained unclear. Alternative modes of cytomegalovirus transmission are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Italy. berardi.alberto@policlinico.mo.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berardi
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fiorini
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rivi
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vagnarelli
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guaraldi
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pietrosemoli
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lazzarotto
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000821:virology*; D003092:Colitis / Q000821:virology*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula; D008297:Male; D047929:Term Birth