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In 2002, investigators from the University of Padua, Italy prospectively enrolled pregnant women with early (<17 week's gestation) primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in a study to determine the efficacy of CMV hyperimmunoglobulin (HIG) therapy to prevent adverse congenital outcomes. Beginning in 2007, mothers primarily infected early in gestation were offered a single dose of CMV HIG treatment if their fetuses had CMV DNA detected by amniocentesis after week 20 of gestation and ≥6 weeks after maternal infection. HIG treatment was provided between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation. Mothers enrolled from 2002 to 2006 served as historical controls. The authors compared poor outcomes (defined as hemiparesis, motor retardation, hypertonia, hypotonia, seizures, spastic …
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