"Relationship Between the Detection of Plasma Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA and CMV Retinitis in AIDS Patients."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 12th World AIDS Conference, held June 28 - July 3, 1998, in Geneva, Switzerland, "Background: There is an urgent need for a rapid, sensitive and reproducible method to monitor impending, active, stable and reactivated CMV disease. Methods: This study used the new Amplicor CMV PCR assay (Roche Diagnostic Systems, Branchburg, N.J., USA) to determine the frequency of plasma CMV DNA positive patients prior to development of CMV retinitis, at the diagnosis of confirmed CMV retinitis, and during stabilized disease. Results: Plasma CMV DNA was obtained from 40 HIV positive patients newly diagnosed with CMV...

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