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Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To assess neurological sequelae and growth in the first 12 months of life in a cohort of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infected infants compared to cCMV uninfected infants. STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective matched cohort study conducted in Soweto, South Africa where forty-six con...

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Autores principales: Pathirana, Jayani, Texeira, Leanne, Munian, Hannah, Nakwa, Firdose, Mayet, Ismail, Maposa, Innocent, Groome, Michelle J., Boppana, Suresh, Madhi, Shabir A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32941484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238102
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: To assess neurological sequelae and growth in the first 12 months of life in a cohort of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infected infants compared to cCMV uninfected infants. STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective matched cohort study conducted in Soweto, South Africa where forty-six confirmed cCMV cases were matched on HIV-exposure, gender and gestational age (±two weeks) to 84 cCMV-uninfected controls in a 1:2 ratio. Cases and controls were followed up until 12 months of age to assess anthropometry, hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes. RESULTS: Thirty-four (73.9%) cCMV cases and 74 (88.1%) controls, completed all assessments at 12 months age. At 12 months, one cCMV case had died, none of the children in either group had SNHL and neurodevelopmental delay was present in a similar percentage of cCMV cases (n = 2; 6%) and controls (n = 1, 4%; OR 1.09, 95% CI 0.04–27.84, p = 0.958). Anthropometry did not differ between cases and controls overall throughout the follow up period. HIV-exposed cases had smaller head circumference for age at 6 and 12 months when compared with HIV-exposed controls. CONCLUSION: By 12 months of age, there was no evidence of a difference in neurological sequelae between cCMV infected South African children and cCMV uninfected children in this study. Further follow-up is warranted to detect late-onset hearing loss and neurodevelopmental delay beyond 12 months of age.