Abstract:We describe a case of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection transmitted by an immunocompetent woman infected before conception with continuous hyper CMV-immunoglobulin M (IgM). A 33-year-old woman whose CMV-IgM levels were stable more than 8 months before conception was referred at 35 gestational weeks due to fetal unilateral cerebral ventriculomegaly. The maternal serum CMV-IgG was 61.7 U/mL, and the CMV-IgM was 3.89 U/mL. An infant girl weighing 2297 g was delivered transvaginally. The neonate was found… Show more
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