Comparison of the performance of polymerase chain reaction and pp65 antigenemia for the detection of human cytomegalovirus in immunosuppressed patients Comparação de métodos para detecção de infecção por citomegalovírus em pacientes imunossuprimidos

Comparison of the performance of polymerase chain reaction and pp65 antigenemia for the detection of human cytomegalovirus in immunosuppressed patients Comparação de métodos para detecção de infecção por citomegalovírus em pacientes imunossuprimidos

INTRODUCTION: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is often reactive in latently infected immunosuppressed patients. Accordingly, HCMV remains one of the most common infections following solid organ and hemopoietic stem cell transplantations, resulting in significant morbidity, graft loss and occasional mor...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Borba Martiny, Fernanda de-Paris, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro Machado, Ricardo Obalski de Mello, Martha Bergman Senger, Maria Clara Medina Corrêa, Luiz Carlos Werres Junior, Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Citomegalovírus humano
Antigenemia
em cadeia da polimerase
Pacientes imunossuprimidos
Terapia preemptiva
Humancytomegalovirus
Polymerase chain reaction
Immunosuppressed patients
Preemptive therapy
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