Cytomegalovirus Quantitation by Real-Time PCR Is Unaffected by Delayed Separation of Plasma from Whole Blood
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (3) , 1296-7
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.3.1296-1297.2004
Abstract
A previous study suggested that delayed sample preparation can cause a false-positive plasma cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR. We evaluated 78 samples submitted for CMV testing, and we report that a 24-h delay in plasma separation did not affect viral quantitation by real-time PCR. Laboratories should evaluate specimen handling requirements for their own PCR technology.Keywords
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