EVALUATION OF CMV-VUE ANTIGENEMIA ASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IN MIXED-LEUKOCYTE BLOOD FRACTIONS

Authors
ERICE A HOLM MA SANJUAN MV DUNN DL GILL PC BALFOUR HH
Citation
A. Erice et al., EVALUATION OF CMV-VUE ANTIGENEMIA ASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IN MIXED-LEUKOCYTE BLOOD FRACTIONS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(4), 1995, pp. 1014-1015
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1014 - 1015
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:4<1014:EOCAAF>2.0.ZU;2-1
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 sensitiv e than shell vial cultures for rapid detection of cytomegalovirus. ML fractions are appropriate specimens for the cytomegalovirus antigenemi a assay.