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01.06.2007 | Short Communication

Comparison of two methods used for monitoring low-copy cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia after unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation

verfasst von: Tomasz Dzieciątkowski, Maciej Przybylski, Agnieszka Tomaszewska, Małgorzata Rokicka, Mirosław Łuczak

Erschienen in: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis | Ausgabe 3/2007

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Abstract

Introduction:

Detection of human cytomegalovirus (CMV, HHV-5) DNA in clinical specimens is considered a cornerstone in the diagnosis of HHV-5 disease. The present study compared two quantitative methods used for diagnosing cytomegalovirus infection in a 21-year-old woman with chronic myeloid leukemia after an unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation.

Materials and Methods:

Blood samples were tested for the presence of HHV-5 DNA using the LightCycler PCR, the quantitative Eclipse^® CMV DNA Detection Kit, and a qualitative in-house PCR assay using primers that amplify part of the HHV-5 MIE gene.

Results:

Results from samples containing a low cytomegalovirus load were more accurate with the LightCycler test than those obtained with the Eclipse^® test, which underestimated the viral load of samples containing low DNA copy numbers.

Conclusions:

These findings underline the value of novel PCR methods used in current therapeutic procedures and in monitoring antiviral therapy with nucleoside analogs. The high level of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and rapidity provided by the LightCycler instrument are favorable for the use of this system in the detection of HHV-5 DNA in clinical specimens.

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Titel: Comparison of two methods used for monitoring low-copy cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia after unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation
verfasst von: Tomasz Dzieciątkowski
Maciej Przybylski
Agnieszka Tomaszewska
Małgorzata Rokicka
Mirosław Łuczak
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2007
Verlag: Birkhäuser-Verlag
Erschienen in: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis / Ausgabe 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0004-069X
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-4917
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00005-007-0019-5

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