Retrospectively diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus infections in symptomatic infants is challenging.
Natalia LüsebrinkMatthias KieslichHolger F RabenauRolf L SchlößerHorst BuxmannPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2020)
Diagnoses of congenital CMV infections were widely considered and found in 5%. CMV was not stringently investigated in all patients or remained elusive due to German law on destroying DBS.