Education

cCMVnet Virtual Clinics

An online virtual clinic has also been initiated by the cCMVnet initiative, a forum for clinicians to review complex cases and treatment strategies.

Virtual clinics are taking place every last Wednesday of each calendar month, at 17.00 CET.

Since February 2021 we have run 24 Virtual clinics, with more than 84 cases. Approximately 40 clinicians from 12 European and Asian countries (including Spain, UK, Greece, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Denmark, Armenia) across multiple specialties (including general paediatrics, neonatology, paediatric infectious diseases, audiology, obstetrics, ENT virology) have attended each clinic. Recommendations from the cCMVnet steering committee and other experts in the field were provided, and summarised in anonymised feedback to the clinician leading the case and the wider network. Issues discussed include management of preterm infants with cCMV, treatment options when cCMV is diagnosed after the neonatal period, deranged liver function during treatment, best timing and prognostic value of brain MRI, etc. The cCMVnet virtual clinic highlights the gaps in treatment guidelines and the urgent need for further clinical research.

Anyone interested in presenting a case, or who would like to simply attend for educational purposes is more than welcomed – contact ccmvnet@gmail.com. Anyone presenting a case is awarded a certificate of attendance.

cCMV VIRTUAL CLINICS IN 2024 (17:00 – 18:00 CET)

  • 26 June
  • 25 September
  • 30 October

Previous cCMV virtual clinic topics

Management of preterm infants with cCMV (11 cases)

Treatment options in postnatal cCMV (11 cases)

Brain MRI and neurological findings in cCMV (10 cases)

cCMV Webinars

Regular webinars on the latest updates in cCMV are regularly organised by CCMVnet and are free to attend.

There have been 5 Congenital CMVNET Webinars so far on topics including

– Blood expression profiles in infants with cCMV

– Asymptomatic infants with cCMV

– Pregnancy, prevention and cCMV

– cCMV infection and hearing loss

– Brain imaging and pathophysiology of cCMV

The most recent webinar was on the new European guidelines for cCMV and was attended by over 100 members

A link to access the most recent webinar  on European guidelines for cCMV infection can be found here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ilAH4Pu8Ldotm6YpZy0mCFmroNJfeNBN/view?usp=drive_link

The next webinar is on 13.11.24 and will focus on postnatal CMV infection

If you would like to join contact ccmvnet@gmail.com, we will send you a meeting link.

cCMV WEBINARS IN 2024 (17:00 – 18:00 CET)

  • 13.11.24

cCMV guidelines

New European Consensus Guidelines on the management of cCMV have been published and are available here

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38590940/

Leruez-Ville, M., Chatzakis, C., Lilleri, D., Blazquez-Gamero, D., Alarcon, A., Bourgon, N., Foulon, I., Fourgeaud, J., Gonce, A., Jones, C. E., Klapper, P., Krom, A., Lazzarotto, T., Lyall, H., Paixao, P., Papaevangelou, V., Puchhammer, E., Sourvinos, G., Vallely, P., Ville, Y., … Vossen, A. (2024). Consensus recommendation for prenatal, neonatal and postnatal management of congenital cytomegalovirus infection from the European congenital infection initiative (ECCI). The Lancet regional health. Europe, 40, 100892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100892

cCMV Newsletter

Please find the most recent cCMVnet newsletter below.

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