What Are the Most Common Laboratory Findings in CMV Infection

question 9

Multiple Choice

What are the most common laboratory findings in CMV infection in the newborn?

• A) Thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia
• B) Leukocytosis
• C) Positive heterophile agglutinin test.
• D) Viral DNA assay is negative.

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Definitions:

Measure Of Variability

A statistical metric used to describe the spread or dispersion of a set of data points.

Midrange

The midpoint of the range of a set of values, calculated by averaging the maximum and minimum values.

Median

The middle value in a set of data points arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values when there is an even number of data points.

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.