Congenital viral infections
CMV
- sensorineural hearing loss, chorioretinitis, congenital cataracts, microcephaly, deranged LFTs
- Management: ganciclovir, valganciclovir
- most dangerous when exposed in 1st trimester
- placental-fetal transmission
- sensorineural deafness, cataracts, microcephaly, IUGR
- insufficient evidence for normal immunoglobulin for prevention of congenital rubella in the fetus
- Management:
- Prevention: rubella immunity screening