Juárez AA, Islas DLP, Durán PMA, Buitrón GR

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 170-171
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ABSTRACT

The cytomegalovirus is a DNA virus belonging to the family Herpesviridae and is considered to be a disease of sexual transmission, also it can belong transmitted to mother to son (congenital) an for the contact in the channel of childbirth in the moment of the birth. The infection for CMV is the most frequent of the viral infections in the pregnant patient and in the newborn child. Approximately 40% of the pregnant women is capable to the infection for CMV, and between 1-4% of the same ones they will suffer the primoinfection along the gestation; 40% will transmit the CMV to the fetus. Therefore, the congenital infection will affect 1% of the newborn children. The infection acquired in the moment of the childbirth will take place in 2-6% of newborn children and habitually it will be asymptomatic. The form acquired in the channel of the childbirth deals with a respiratory distress (bronchitis, intermediate pneumonitis) appearing from 3 weeks of life. Other congenital associate malformations have been described like: intracardiac communications, atresia of esophagus or biliary routes, congenital luxation of hip, cataracts, tetralogy of Fallot, megacolon. 10-15% of the congenital infections for cytomegalovirus asymptomatic (CMV) in the period neonatal develops persistent problems of changeable gravity, even they can manage to be lethal.

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