Tang JW, Mousa HA, Twells R, Bodley M, Kelf S, Toovey OT, Bandi S, Cusack J, Frain I, Currie A. Congenital CMV infection following a CMV PCR negative amniotic fluid result.
J Med Virol 2023;
95:e28647. [PMID:
36892177 DOI:
10.1002/jmv.28647]
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Abstract
Cytomegalovirus DNA PCR testing on amniotic fluid is a routine method to determine if a foetus is CMV-infected (congenital CMV infection, cCMV) following a diagnosis of maternal primary CMV infection. However, a negative CMV PCR result on an amniotic fluid sample taken at one time-point does not always preclude foetal CMV infection later in pregnancy, in the context of ongoing maternal CMV viremia. Here we describe a case of confirmed congenital CMV (cCMV) infection, diagnosed at birth in a baby, following a negative CMV PCR result on an amniotic fluid taken at 25 + 1/40 gestation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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