Use of cytomegalovirus hyperimmunoglobulin for prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus disease: a retrospective analysis

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Authors

Horst Buxmann · Goethe University Frankfurt

Otto M.v. Stackelberg · Goethe University Frankfurt

Rolf Schlößer · Goethe University Frankfurt

Gisela Enders

M. Gonser · Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden

Matthias Meyer‐Wittkopf · Klinikum Rheine

Klaus Hamprecht · University of Tübingen

Abstract

CMV-HIG was well tolerated. Compared with published untreated mother-child pairs, we observed a trend toward a smaller risk for intrauterine CMV transmission following CMV-HIG application. Signs of prenatal cCMV disease were not reversed after CMV-HIG.

Topics & Keywords

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 439-446

DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0257

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