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Severe Morbidity and Mortality With Breast Milk Associated Cytomegalovirus Infection
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 11/03/09

Hamele M et al. – Congenital cytomegalovirus infection can cause significant morbidity and mortality in the newborn period. Postnatally acquired CMV infection has been thought to carry much less morbidity. The authors report 5 cases of severe morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants with postnatally acquired, breast milk associated CMV infection.