EFFECT OF DELAYED PROCESSING OF BLOOD-SAMPLES ON PERFORMANCE OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGENEMIA ASSAY

Authors
NIUBO J PEREZ JL CARVAJAL A ARDANUY C MARTIN R
Citation
J. Niubo et al., EFFECT OF DELAYED PROCESSING OF BLOOD-SAMPLES ON PERFORMANCE OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGENEMIA ASSAY, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(4), 1994, pp. 1119-1120
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1119 - 1120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:4<1119:EODPOB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This prospective, parallel, and blind study of 120 blood samples from immunocompromised patients examined the influence of delayed sample pr ocessing on cytomegalovirus antigenemia assay. Cytomegalovirus was det ected in 49 samples (40.8%): 41 were processed within 2 to 4 h, and 40 were reprocessed the following day. Results were discrepant in 17 of the samples with the lowest positive cell counts. Differences between the two days did not reach statistical significance.