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Table 4 Clinical characteristics of the 7 infants with CMV infection

From: Prevention of human milk-acquired cytomegalovirus infection in very-low-birth-weight infants

No.

GA (weeks),

BW (gram)

Sex

Number of transfusions

(PRBC / PC / FFP)

Study

group

Age at diagnosis (PCA)

CMV-positive specimen

Average HM intake (mL/day)

Symptom

Duration of gancyclovir treatment

Outcome

1

25 + 2, 720

F

17 / 0 / 0

FT + LP

28 (29 + 2)

Blood, urine,

BAL, CSF

71

Lung

3 weeks

Survived

2

28 + 6, 1210

M

6 / 0 / 0

FT + HP

28 (32 + 6)

Urine

89

None

2 weeks

Survived

3

27 + 2, 1040

F

25 / 23 / 0

FT + LP

29 (31 + 3)

Blood,

urine,

sputum

11

Lung,

SLS (PLT↓, AST/ALT↑)

3 weeks

Died

4

26 + 6, 1080

F

5 / 0 / 6

FT

83 (39 + 2)

Urine

153

None

N/A

Survived

5

24 + 0, 630

M

27 / 14 / 2

FT + LP

56 (32 + 0)

Urine

104

None

N/A

Survived

6

33 + 4, 1420

F

0 / 0 / 0

FT + LP

28 (37 + 4)

Urine

41

None

N/A

Survived

7

32 + 6, 990

F

0 / 0 / 0

FT

56 (40 + 6)

Urine

94

None

N/A

Survived

  1. Abbreviations: CMV, cytomegalovirus; GA, gestational age; BW, body weight; PCA, post-conceptional age; F, female; M, male; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; SLS, sepsis-like symptoms; PLT, platelet; AST/ALT, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase; N/A, not available