Table 2
Characteristics of infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
| Patient No* | Sex | Ethnic group | Gest. age (weeks) | SGA | Microcephaly | CMV IgM | Urine culture | Head CT/US | Retinal exam | BERA | Blood tests† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Patients 1 through 10 are from centre 1; patients 11 through 14 are from centre 2. | |||||||||||
| †Complete blood count, liver enzymes, renal function. | |||||||||||
| J, Jewish; NJ, non-Jewish; Gest, gestational; SGA, small for gestational age; CT, computed tomography; US, ultrasonography; exam, examination; BERA, brain stem evoked response audiometry. | |||||||||||
| 1 | M | J | 40 | N | N | Negative | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| 2 | F | J | 40 | N | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 3 | M | J | 39 | N | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 4 | M | J | 40 | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | |
| 5 | M | J | 37 | N | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 6 | F | J | 41 | N | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | ND | Normal | Normal |
| 7 | F | J | 40 | N | N | Negative | Negative | Normal | ND | Normal | Normal |
| 8 | M | J | 39 | N | N | Negative | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| 9 | F | J | 40 | N | N | Negative | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 10 | M | J | 40 | N | Y | Positive | Positive | Calcifications | Normal | Normal | Hepatitis |
| Anaemia | |||||||||||
| platelets↓↓ | |||||||||||
| 11 | M | NJ | 33 | N | N | Negative | ND | Normal | Normal | Normal | Hepatitis |
| 12 | M | NJ | 40 | N | N | Negative | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| 13 | M | NJ | 40 | N | N | ND | Positive | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 14 | M | NJ | 28 | N | N | Positive | Positive | Normal | Normal | ND | Normal |
