Ultrasound indications for maternal STORCH testing in pregnancy.

CONCLUSION: Ultrasonographic findings associated with fetal infection are neither sensitive nor specific. Testing for STORCH infections should take into account exposure history, clinical signs and symptoms, obstetric history, and fetal ultrasound findings, but with special attention paid to cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19.
PMID: 29185251 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - November 29, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Voekt CA, Rinderknecht T, Hirsch HH, Blaich A, Hösli IM Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research