CMV Flashcards
number
HHV type 5 (cytomegalic inclusion disease)
newborns percent
1% of newbornds.
90%- asymptomatic.
manif.
Jaundice hepatosplenegaly cerebral calcification. chorioretinitis microcephaly mental retardation deafness
cutaneous manif
Result from theombocytopenia:
Petechiae purpura ecchymosee.
purpuric lesions - macular papular or nodular may show extramedullary hematopiesis (dermal erythropoiesis) Prod “blue berry muffin baby”
most symptomatic cases occur
within 2 mos of life.
Ampicilli and amoxicillin admin will often result in
Morbilliform eruption in acute cmv infection.
CMV infectijg endothelial cells may prod-
vasculopathu in cmv viremic or partially reactivating patients.
lead to prominent vadculopathic changes inc reynaud phenomenon deep venous thrombosis digital gangrene and reticulated purpura.
Anti cardiolipin antibodies may be positive.
Anti CMV tx Can reverse the syndrome and clear the anticardiipin antibodies.