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Topical Review: The Diagnosis of Congenital Infections: Contemporary Strategies

Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

James F. Bale, JR, MD

Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Congenital infections remain an important source of neurologic, ophthalmologic, and audiologic disability for thousands of children throughout the world. This review summarizes the clinical features and describes contemporary approaches to the microbiologic diagnosis of congenital infections. In particular, this review emphasizes the important roles that molecular methods, especially the polymerase chain reaction, have in detecting the many infectious agents capable of damaging the developing nervous system. (J Child Neurol 1995; 10:271-282).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 10, No. 4, 271-282 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/088307389501000403


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