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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common intrauterine and perinatal viral infection. Postnatal CMV infection is acquired mainly from breast milk and may cause severe illness in preterm infants. We report an extremely low birth weight infant who presented with a sepsis-like syndrome and multiple organ involvement, notably hepatitis and pneumonitis, and treated with ganciclovir without adverse effect or relapse.
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We thank Fikret Şahin, Associate Professor, from Department of Microbiology for testing CMV PCR on Guthrie card of the patient.
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Okulu, E., Akin, İ., Atasay, B. et al. Severe postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with multisystem involvement in an extremely low birth weight infant. J Perinatol 32, 72–74 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2011.58
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