Comparison of the New Abbott Real Time CMV Assay and the Abbott CMV PCR Kit for the Quantitation of Plasma Cytomegalovirus DNAemia

Overview

Journal Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Pathology

Date 2012 Nov 28

PMID 23182073

Citations 11

Authors

Maria Angeles Clari

Dayana Bravo

Elisa Costa

Beatriz Munoz-Cobo

Carlos Solano

Maria Jose Remigia

Estela Gimenez

Omar J Benmarzouk-Hidalgo

Pilar Perez-Romero

David Navarro

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Abstract

CMV DNA loads measured by the new Abbott RealTime CMV PCR were significantly higher than those quantitated by the Abbott CMV PCR kit (approximately 1 log(10)), and provided a better estimate of the actual CMV load present in plasma specimens as inferred by the use of the WHO standard.

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