CMV (cytomegalovirus) infection in infant with leukocytosis without symptoms: A Case Report

Introduction: CMV is an infectious disease usually transferred from pregnant women to the fetus or during breastfeeding. The symptoms include losing weight at birth, leukocytosis, and diarrhea. Case presentation: In this case, the patient was a one-year-old girl. On initial examination, we did not observe swelling, tenderness, skin inflammation, or other symptoms such as splenomegaly or hepatomegaly, except in the CBC test that showed leukocytosis. The infant s mother did not have any disease during pregnancy. The experiments prescribed for diagnosing the causes of leukocytosis were CBC, urine analysis, immunoassay tests for EBV with the ELFA method, CMV with the CLIA method, serologic tests for COVID-19, wright and Widal agglutination, and 2ME tests for Brucella. Conclusions: The results showed that the rate of IgM and IgG antibody were 27.688 and 228.761, respectively. There were no other signs and symptoms in the girl. Meanwhile, numerous papers indicated that CMV infection is normally associated with weight loss, diarrhea, and splenomegaly. However, in our case, the infant did not show any other signs, and in this sense, she was a specific case. Based on our findings, it is suggested that diagnosis carried out specifically on an infant should consider various aspects and assumptions along with what current findings describe.