Open AccessCongenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Diagnosed by Polymerase Chain Reaction With the Use of Preserved Umbilical Cord
Author(s) -
Hiroko Kakizawa,
Akihisa Okumura,
Yoshiko Suzuki,
Jun Natsume,
Hiroshi Kimura,
Tamiko Negoro,
Kazuyoshi Watanabe
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000168842.56185.cd
Subject(s) - umbilical cord , cytomegalovirus , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , cord , real time polymerase chain reaction , virology , herpesviridae , immunology , surgery , virus , radiology , viral disease , biology , biochemistry , gene
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.