Cytomegalovirus DNA retrieval in the inner ear fluids of a congenitally deaf child one month after primary infection: a case report

  • Walter Di Nardo
  • , Paola Cattani
  • , Alessandro Scorpecci*
  • , Sara Giannantonio
  • , Sara D'Onghia
  • , Guido Fadda
  • , Gaetano Paludetti
  • *Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

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Abstract

In the present article we report cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA localization in the inner ear of a 15-month-old deaf boy 1 month after a virologically documented primary infection. CMV DNA retrieval was possible thanks to polymerase chain reaction analysis of the perilymph collected at cochlear implant surgery. To the authors' knowledge this is the first demonstration of CMV persistence in the cochlea of an immunocompetent subject after an acquired infection.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)828-830
Numero di pagine3
RivistaTHE LARYNGOSCOPE
Volume121
Numero di pubblicazione4
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Otorinolaringoiatria

Keywords

  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Cochlear Implantation
  • Connexins
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • DNA
  • Deafness
  • Endolymph
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Viral

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