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Evaluation of CMV-vue antigenemia assay for rapid detection of cytomegalovirus in mixed-leukocyte blood fractions. |
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| Authors: | A Erice M A Holm M V Sanjuan D L Dunn P C Gill H H Balfour Jr |
| Abstract: | The CMV-vue antigenemia assay was evaluated by using mixed-leukocyte (ML) blood fractions. Of 234 ML fractions studied, 32 (14%), 23 (10%), and 20 (8.5%) were positive in the CMV-vue assay and conventional and shell vial cultures, respectively. The CMV-vue assay was more sensitive than shell vial cultures for rapid detection of cytomegalovirus. ML fractions are appropriate specimens for the cytomegalovirus antigenemia assay. |
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