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Join us as we talk to Dr Seilesh Kadambari, Infectious Disease consultant at GOSH and honorary associate professor at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, about congenital CMV. We discuss aetiology and epidemiology, presentation, investigation, and management. 

Peer reviewed by Kajal Bhagwandas, CNS at GOSH. 

Resources mentioned: 

"Stop, think SCORTCH: rethinking the traditional 'TORCH' screen in an era of re-emerging syphilis" (Penner J, Hernstadt H, Burns JE, Randell P, Lyall H. Stop, think SCORTCH: rethinking the traditional 'TORCH' screen in an era of re-emerging syphilis. Arch Dis Child. 2021;106(2):117-124. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-318841)

"Valganciclovir for symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease" (Kimberlin DW, Jester PM, Sánchez PJ, et al. Valganciclovir for symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(10):933-943. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1404599)

CMV Action (https://cmvaction.org.uk/)

"Fifteen-minute consultation: diagnosis and management of congenital CMV" (Shah T, Luck S, Sharland M, Kadambari S, Heath P, Lyall H. Fifteen-minute consultation: diagnosis and management of congenital CMV. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2016;101(5):232-235. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-309656)

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