Bilateral deafness due to congenital CMV and not rubella reinfection

G Enders; S Strobel; U Bäder

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80016-9

Bilateral deafness due to congenital CMV and not rubella reinfection

J Infect. 1998 Mar;36(2):215-7. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80016-9.

Authors

G Enders¹, S Strobel, U Bäder

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Virologie, Infektiologie und Epidemiologie, Stuttgart, Germany.

PMID: 9570657
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80016-9

Abstract

We report on an infant with bilateral deafness discovered at the age of 5 months caused by a retrospectively diagnosed primary maternal CMV infection after definitive exclusion of maternal rubella reinfection as a cause of fetal infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
Cytomegalovirus Infections / congenital*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
Deafness / congenital
Deafness / etiology*
Female
Humans
Infant
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / complications*
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / diagnosis