title: Diagnostic value of reverse transcription-PCR for detection of cytomegalovirus pp67 in samples from solid-organ transplant recipients.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 11, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany. ursula.meyer-koenig@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Meyer-Koenig
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Romberg
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weidmann
authors.forename: Winfried V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Frank T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Hufert
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000097:blood; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; C065418:cytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDa; C464963:pp67 protein, human cytomegalovirus