Is routine TORCH screening and urine CMV culture warranted in small for gestational age neonates?

Background: congenital infections are associated with a wide variety of clinical symptoms, including small for gestational age (SGA).

Aims: to determine the co-occurrence of SGA and congenital TORCH infections, as diagnosed by TORCH serologic tests and/or cytomegalovirus (CMV) urine culture.

Study Design: we performed a retrospective study of all neonates admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit from January 2004 to February 2010 in whom SGA was diagnosed and TORCH serologic tests and/or CMV urine cultures were performed.

Routine TORCH screening is not warranted in neonates with subependymal cysts.

Background: Congenital infections are associated with a wide variety of clinical symptoms, including subependymal cysts (SEC).

Objective: To determine the co-occurrence of SEC and congenital infections, as diagnosed by TORCH serologic tests and/or cytomegalovirus (CMV) urine culture.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of all neonates admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit from 1998 to 2009 in whom SEC were detected on cranial ultrasound and TORCH serologic tests and/or CMV urine cultures were performed.