Congenital cytomegalovirus infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction with the use of preserved umbilical cord

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Jul;24(7):653-4. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168842.56185.cd.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Cytomegalovirus / genetics
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / congenital*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
  • DNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Specimen Handling / methods
  • Umbilical Cord / virology*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral