Severe postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with multisystem involvement in an extremely low birth weight infant

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-74

  Okulu, E ^a   Akin, I M ^a   Atasay, B ^a   Ciftci E ^a   Arsan, S ^a   Turmen T ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cytomegalovirus; infection; low birth weight infant; postnatal

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL LUNG SURFACTANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION VENTILATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MOTHER; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; VIREMIA;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855253930     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.58     Document Type: Article

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