Cytomegaly: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Diseases that may be considered as differential diagnoses of prenatal and perinatal infection with cytomegalovirus:

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections.
  • Infection with enterovirus
  • Rubella
  • Sepsis (blood poisoning)
  • Syphilis (Lues) – sexually transmitted infectious disease.
  • Toxoplasmosis – bacterial infectious disease with the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.

Diseases differential diagnosis of postnatal infection with cytomegalovirus:

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

Diseases that are differential diagnoses of cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompromised individuals:

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Infections with bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
  • Infection with Pneumocystis carinii – pathogen, which is counted among the fungi.

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