Severe postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with multisystem involvement in an extremely low birth weight infant.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common intrauterine and perinatal viral infection. Postnatal CMV infection is acquired mainly from breast milk and may cause severe illness in preterm infants. We report an extremely low birth weight infant who presented with a sepsis-like syndrome and multiple organ involvement, notably hepatitis and pneumonitis, and treated with ganciclovir without adverse effect or relapse.
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. emelderelli@hotmail.com
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D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*; D055815:Young Adult
D004279:DNA, Viral