Cytomegalovirus infection in a single-centre Australian neonatal cohort.

Aim: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common infectious cause of congenital malformation, non-genetic sensorineural hearing loss and neurodevelopmental sequelae in childhood. The primary aim of this retrospective cohort study was to identify the birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes of neonates diagnosed with symptomatic and asymptomatic cCMV in a large regional tertiary referral hospital.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of laboratory-based cCMV diagnoses in neonates born at a single study centre between January 2005 and January 2020.

Case Report: Erythema Nodosum and Melioidosis: An Unreported Association.

We report two cases of pediatric melioidosis. Both presented with erythema nodosum (EN) on the lower limbs. They both resided in an endemic region for this condition, and a presumptive diagnosis was made by high indirect hemagglutination assay titers of > 5,120 in both.