The Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in an Era of Universal Newborn CMV Screening - PubMed
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- Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the leading infectious cause of pediatric developmental disability, causing serious sequelae like microcephaly and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
- Universal newborn CMV screening identifies infants with clinically inapparent cCMV (CICMV) infections, who would previously have been missed in routine care.
- For CICMV infants identified through screening, longitudinal audiologic assessment is necessary, but other evaluations and antiviral therapy indications remain uncertain.
- This review highlights the management approach for cCMV infections in the era of universal screening, focusing on CICMV infants and areas for future research.