Diagnostic value of reverse transcription-PCR for detection of cytomegalovirus pp67 in samples from solid-organ transplant recipients

Citation

Meyer-Koenig U, Romberg I, Schneider K, Weidmann M, Kern WV & Hufert FT (2006) Diagnostic value of reverse transcription-PCR for detection of cytomegalovirus pp67 in samples from solid-organ transplant recipients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44 (9), pp. 3394-3396. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00493-06

Abstract
We evaluated a highly sensitive quantitative real-time one-step reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for detection of human cytomegalovirus pp67 transcripts in monitoring of solid-organ transplant recipients. Results were compared with those of pp65 antigen testing and quantitative DNA-PCR. Due to a low clinical sensitivity, the pp67 RT-PCR was not able to replace these assays.

Journal
Journal of Clinical Microbiology: Volume 44, Issue 9