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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2002

Improved monitoring of cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by an ultrasensitive plasma DNA PCR assay.

Laurent Kaiser, Luc Perrin, Bernard Chapuis, Karine Hadaya, Lenka Kolarova, Christelle Deffernez, Saadia Huguet, Claudine Helg, Werner Wunderli

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA in various blood components after liver transplantation.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2014
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  3. Lack of evidence for systemic cytomegalovirus reactivation in maintenance hemodialysis patients.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Laurent KaiserDivision of Infectious Diseases. Division of Hematology. Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. laurent.kaiser@hcuge.ch
Luc Perrin
Bernard Chapuis
Karine Hadaya
Lenka Kolarova
Christelle Deffernez
Saadia Huguet
Claudine Helg
Werner Wunderli
Office of Infectious Diseases · USUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA amplification assays in plasma have shown limited sensitivity compared to the detection of pp65 antigen in leukocytes. Our goal was to increase the sensitivity of a commercial CMV DNA PCR quantitative assay. After modification, the new assay was able to reproducibly detect 20 CMV DNA copies/ml of plasma. We compared this new ultrasensitive PCR assay with the standard PCR and the pp65 test for CMV detection and quantification in 22 consecutive allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipients. CMV infection or reactivation was detected in 84 of 319 (26%) samples by the ultrasensitive PCR assay compared to 38 of 319 (12%) samples by the pp65 assay (P < 0.01). All samples positive by the pp65 assay were positive by the ultrasensitive PCR, and CMV episodes were detected on average 4 days earlier and 7 days later than the first and the last pp65-positive test, respectively. In addition, during CMV episodes, the ultrasensitive assay identified positive samples that were inconsistently detected by the pp65 assay. The ultrasensitive assay was also much more sensitive than the standard PCR, with 26 versus 12% of CMV DNA-positive samples (P < 0.01). This assay improved the monitoring of CMV infection or reactivation in hematopoietic allogeneic stem cell recipients.

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AdolescentAdultChildCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsDNA, ViralFemaleHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhosphoproteinsPolymerase Chain ReactionReagent Kits, DiagnosticSensitivity and SpecificityTransplantation, Homologouscytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDaDNA, ViralPhosphoproteinsReagent Kits, DiagnosticViral Matrix Proteins

Identifiers

PMID12409406
PMCPMC139651
OpenAlexW2146259492

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