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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2026 Aug 1;158(2):e2025074229. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-074229

Table 1:

Characteristics of 48 Infants with confirmed cCMV Infection

Characteristics Total N=48
Sex – n/N (%)
 Male 26/48 (54)
 Female 22/48 (46)
Race and Ethnicity – n/N (%)
 Hispanic or Latino 12/48 (25)
 Non-Hispanic White 23/48 (48)
 Non-Hispanic Black 8/48 (17)
 Non-Hispanic Other1 2/48 (4)
 Not reported 3/48 (6)
Birth Information – Median (IQR)
 Gestational age, weeks 38.7 (36.1, 39.2)
 Birth weight, grams 2570 (2215, 3140)
 Birth length, cm 48.3 (44.8, 49.6)
 Head circumference, cm 31.5 (30.0, 33.5)
CMV Test Specimen – n/N (%)
 Saliva and urine 20/48 (42)
 Urine only 15/48 (31)
 Urine and Blood 12/48 (25)
 Saliva and Blood 1/48 (2)
Newborn Hearing Screening2 – n/N (%)
 Passed – n/total tested (%) 20/45 (44)
 Failed – n/total tested (%) 25/45 (56)
Clinical Findings2 – n/N (%)
 SGA/IUGR4 24/48 (50)
 Abnormal neuroimaging5 23/48 (48)
 Thrombocytopenia 18/48 (38)
 SNHL 16/48 (33)
 Premature 14/48 (29)
 Microcephaly 14/48 (29)
 Hepatitis 11/48 (23)
 Abnormal muscle tone 10/48 (21)
 Petechiae 8/48 (17)
 Hepatosplenomegaly 4/48 (8)
 Chorioretinitis 3/48 (6)
 Other6 5/48 (10)
Antiviral Treatment for cCMV – n/N (%)
 Prescribed antivirals 32/48 (67)
 Antiviral course completed 25/32 (78)
 Antiviral toxicity – n/total treated (%) 11/32 (34)
 Neutropenia 9/11 (82)
 Anemia 2/11 (18)
 Hepatitis 2/11 (18)

Data are presented as no./Total (%) for categorical measures and median (IQR) for continuous measures.

1

Other: Asian (1) + “Race: I do not see my Race listed here; Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino” (2)

2

Total excluded (3): deceased - not tested (2), or missing newborn hearing screening (1)

3

See Table S1 for study definitions.

4

SGA: Small for Gestational Age; IUGR: Intrauterine Growth Restriction

5

Cysts (16), Hemorrhage (8), Lenticulostriate vasculopathy (5), Calcification (4), Ventriculomegaly (2)

6

Other findings: CMV pneumonitis (2), Optic nerve hypoplasia (1), Cholestasis (1), Coloboma of macula (1)