Comparison of EDTA and acid-citrate-dextrose collection tubes for detection of cytomegalovirus antigenemia and infectivity in leukocytes before and after storage.
Duplicate blood samples collected in EDTA and acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD) were compared by cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenemia and CMV infectivity on the day of sample collection and after 1 and 2 days of storage at 4 degrees C. No significant difference was detected between EDTA and ACD. However, CMV antigenemia was more sensitive than culture at all time points tested.
Landry
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Clinical Virology Laboratory, Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut 06504, USA.
Cohen
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Huber
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D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019343:Citric Acid; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004492:Edetic Acid; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load
C002113:acid citrate dextrose; D019343:Citric Acid; D004492:Edetic Acid; D005947:Glucose