Affiliations: University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN 55455,
USA | University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN 55455,
USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Deborah M. Hans, University of Minnesota
Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, 420 Delaware
Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN 55455, USA. Tel.: +1 612 626 0644; Fax:
+1 612 624 8176; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: There is clear evidence that transmission of cytomegalovirus (CMV)
to infants occurs via breast milk. The precise risk for development of
symptomatic CMV disease in very low birth weight (VLBW;
<1500 grams at birth) premature infants following
transmission from maternal breast milk is not clear, though severe disease has
been described in this setting. We describe discordant transmission of CMV to
VLBW twins, with severe clinical deterioration in the affected infant.
Keywords: Cytomegalovirus, preterm infants, breast milk
