Which of the following does not establish the diagnosis of congenital CMV infection in a neonate?: (A) Urine culture of CMV, (B) IgG CMV antibodies in blood, (C) Intra-nuclear inclusion bodies in hepatocytes, (D) CMV viral DNA in blood by polymerase chain reaction
Answer is B. The growth in culture can be detected early by using shell l culture and by staining the cell with fluorescently tagged antibody to early antigens of CMV REF:ANANTHANARYANAN TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9EDITION PGNO.474