Cytomegalovirus DNA Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Infants With Congenital Infection: Associations With Clinical Evaluation at Birth and Implications for Follow-up | Zendy

Walter-Alfredo Goycochea-Valdivia | Zendy; Fernando BaqueroArtigao | Zendy; Teresa del Rosal | Zendy; Marie Antoinette Frick | Zendy; Pablo Rojo | Zendy; María-Juncal Echeverría | Zendy; Antoni NogueraJulián | Zendy; X. Bringué | Zendy; Jesús SaavedraLozano | Zendy; Isabel Vives-Oñós | Zendy; Elisenda Moliner | Zendy; María-José Cilleruelo | Zendy; Irene Cuadrado | Zendy; Elena Colino | Zendy; Laura Castells Vilella | Zendy; Alfredo Tagarro | Zendy; Javier Vilas | Zendy; Pere SolerPalacín | Zendy; Daniel BlázquezGamero | Zendy

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Cytomegalovirus DNA Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Infants With Congenital Infection: Associations With Clinical Evaluation at Birth and Implications for Follow-up

Author(s) -

Walter-Alfredo Goycochea-Valdivia,

Fernando BaqueroArtigao,

Teresa del Rosal,

Marie Antoinette Frick,

Pablo Rojo,

María-Juncal Echeverría,

Antoni NogueraJulián,

X. Bringué,

Jesús SaavedraLozano,

Isabel Vives-Oñós,

Elisenda Moliner,

María-José Cilleruelo,

Irene Cuadrado,

Elena Colino,

Laura Castells Vilella,

Alfredo Tagarro,

Javier Vilas,

Pere SolerPalacín,

Daniel BlázquezGamero

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix105

Subject(s) - medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , cytomegalovirus , human cytomegalovirus , odds ratio , asymptomatic , lumbar puncture , confidence interval , neuroimaging , viral load , polymerase chain reaction , betaherpesvirinae , gastroenterology , pathology , pediatrics , immunology , herpesviridae , viral disease , virus , biochemistry , chemistry , psychiatry , gene

DNA detection of human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a marker of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in congenital hCMV infection (cCMV), but its prognostic value is unknown.

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