Echocardiographic findings in infants with presumed congenital Zika syndrome: Retrospective case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report the echocardiographic evaluation of 103 infants with presumed congenital Zika syndrome.

Methods

An observational retrospective study was performed at Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil. 103 infants with presumed congenital Zika syndrome. All infants had microcephaly and head computed tomography findings compatible with congenital Zika syndrome. Zika IgM antibody was detected in cerebrospinal fluid samples of 23 infants. In 80 infants, the test was not performed because it was not available at that time. All infants had negative serology for HIV, syphilis, rubella, cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis. A complete transthoracic two-dimensional, M-mode, continuous wave and pulsed wave Doppler and color Doppler echocard

SUBMITTER: Cavalcanti DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5398518 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature