| Title | SEVERE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WITH BREAST MILK ASSOCIATED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION. | | Author(s) | Hamele M, Flanagan R, Loomis CA, Stevens T, Fairchok MP | | Institution | From the Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. | | Source | Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Oct 30. | | Abstract | Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can cause significant morbidity and mortality in the newborn period. Postnatally acquired CMV infection has been thought to carry much less morbidity. We report 5 cases of severe morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants with postnatally acquired, breast milk associated CMV infection. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19884873 |
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