Effects of cytomegalovirus hepatitis on growth, development and nervous system of infants. a follow-up study
Fang, F.; Dong, Y.S.
Chinese Medical Journal 104(2): 138-141
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0366-6999 PMID: 1651827 Document Number: 377135
Twenty-seven infants with cytomegalovirus hepatitis were followed up for 15-40 months after onset of the illness. They had recovered from the hepatitis, but microcephaly was present in 2 (7.4%), sensorineural hearing loss in 5 (18.5%), quadriplegia, mental retardation, ventricular septal defect and tooth defects in 1 (3.7%) each. The patients with congenital infection had more severe and complex defects, some with perinatal infection had mild defects, those with postnatally acquired infection had no sequelae. The mean MDI and frequency of expressive language delay in the former group differed significantly from those of the other 2. Five patients still excreted cytomegalovirus in the urine at follow-up.