SYMPTOMATIC CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN 2 CONSECUTIVE SISTERS

Authors
NIGRO G CLERICO A MONDAINI C
Citation
G. Nigro et al., SYMPTOMATIC CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN 2 CONSECUTIVE SISTERS, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 69(5), 1993, pp. 527-528
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
69
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
527 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1993)69:5<527:SCCI2C>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The occurrence of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infecti on in two consecutive sisters is reported. The first sibling showed he patosplenomegaly with slight hyperbilirubinaemia and abnormal liver fu nction tests, right inguinal hernia, and peripheral lymphoedema. Her s ister, the product of an uneventful pregnancy showing no signs of CMV reactivation, had life threatening CMV disease, including microcephaly , hepatitis with high serum bilirubin concentrations, and thrombocytop enic purpura.