Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 4-2009. A 39-year-old pregnant woman with fever after a trip to Africa

N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 29;360(5):508-16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0807819.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Africa, Eastern
  • Amniocentesis
  • Cytomegalovirus / immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / congenital
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Fetus / pathology*
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Placenta / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Travel
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
  • Viremia / diagnosis

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M