Contribution of Fetal Blood Sampling to Determining the Prognosis of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections: A Case-Cohort Study in Switzerland.

Cytomegalovirus is responsible for the most common congenital infection, affecting 0.5-1% of live births in Europe. Congenital CMV infection can be diagnosed during pregnancy by viral DNA amplification in the amniotic fluid, but the prognosis of fetuses without severe brain abnormalities remains difficult to establish based on prenatal imaging alone.

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Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - March 23, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: L éo POMAR, Agathe CONTIER, Milos STOJANOV, Cécile GUENOT, Joanna SICHITIU, Anita C. TRUTTMANN, Yvan VIAL, David BAUD Tags: Original Research: Obstetrics Source Type: research