Table 2.

Newborns With Positive Cytomegalovirus Test Results (N = 6)

Patient	A	B	C	D	E	F
Reason for CMV testing	Failed hearing screen	Failed hearing screen	Failed hearing screen	Mother with prenatal CMV infection	Ventriculomegaly on prenatal US	Twin of newborn E
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Female	Male	Female
Race/ethnicity	White/Non-Hispanic	Black/Non-Hispanic	White/Non-Hispanic	Other/Hispanic	White/Non-Hispanic	White/Non-Hispanic
Delivery	Vaginal	Vaginal	Vaginal	Vaginal	Cesarean	Vaginal
Gestational age (weeks, days)	39, 6	40, 1	39, 0	40, 5	38, 4	38, 4
BW (%)a	3.2	97.2	4.9	92.4	1.3	0.6
Head circumference (%)a	2.2	63.6	0.2	54.1	12.8	40.3
Newborn hearing screen result	Unilateral fail	Unilateral fail	Unilateral fail	Normal	Bilateral fail	Normal
Confirmatory audiology test result	Bilateral hearing loss	Normal	Normal	Unknownb	Bilateral hearing loss	Normal
CMV test results	Saliva+, urine+	Saliva+, urine−c	Saliva+, urine+ at 10 weeks	Saliva+, urine+	Saliva not tested, urine+	Saliva not tested, urine+
Additional workup	Bilateral subependymal cysts	None	None	Normal	Thrombocytopenia	Thrombocytopenia, choroid plexus cysts
Treatment with valganciclovir	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Abbreviations: +, positive; −, negative; BW, birth weight; CMV, cytomegalovirus; US, ultrasound.

^aFor birth weight and head circumference percentiles, the WHO growth curves were used if gestational age was ≥37 weeks, and the Fenton growth curves were used if gestational age was <37 weeks.

^bResults of outpatient audiology evaluation were not documented for this patient.

^cThe saliva polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay result was weakly positive, and the urine PCR assay result was negative.