Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research
Newborn Screening for Congenital Infectious Diseases
Eurico Camargo Neto*†‡
, Rosélia Rubin†, Jaqueline Schulte†, and Roberto Giugliani*‡§
, Rosélia Rubin†, Jaqueline Schulte†, and Roberto Giugliani*‡§Table 3
Pediatric decision and symptoms presented in patients with congenital cytomegalovirus
| n | Decision | Symptoms |
|---|---|---|
| 5 |
No treatment |
Asymptomatic, clinical follow-up |
| 6 | Symptomatic; treated with ganciclovir | Microcephaly, intracranial calcifications, deafness, failure to thrive, HSMa (initially investigated for galactosemia), progressive muscular atrophy, sepsis, low weight, difficulty swallowing (died), thrombocytopenia, leukopenia |
aHSM, hepatosplenomegaly.
