TABLE 5.
Management and outcome of 26 pregnancies complicated by preconceptional or periconceptional primary HCMV infectiona
| Type of HCMV infection | No. of women investigated | No. (%) of pregnancies with the indicated outcome
|
No. of newborns with congenital infection/no. examined (% infected) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spontaneous abortion | Voluntary abortion | Prenatal diagnosis | Delivery | |||
| Preconceptional | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 (20) | 10 (100) | 1/10 (10) |
| Wk gestation | NAb | NA | 18-22 | Term | ||
| Periconceptional | 16 | 2 (12.5) | 5 (31.2) | 5 (31.2) | 9 (56.2) | 2c/9 (22.2) |
| Wk gestation | 7 | ≤12 | 15-23 | Term | ||
a
Source: M. G. Revello, M. Zavattoni, and G. Gerna, unpublished data.
b
NA, not applicable.
c
One newborn was symptomatic at birth and developed mild neurologic sequelae at 6 months of age.