Congenital Cytomegalovirus infection in Flanders: demography, management and outcome: PhD thesis presented on 16/2/2022 at Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Abstract

Congenital CMV is the most frequent congenital infection worldwide. Because of the major disease burden of cCMV, it is important to obtain data on congenital CMV infection as precisely as possible in order to optimize pre- and postnatal management and therapy. The Flemish cCMV registry collects data on diagnosis, management, treatment and follow-up of children with congenital CMV. It is, to our knowledge, the first time that outcome data are presented in such a large cohort of children with congenital CMV. Many of our data correspond well with what is known in literature or described in other cohorts.