TABLE 3.
Antigenemia values and TaqMan HCMV loads in whole-blood specimens with different leukocyte counts
Leukocyte level (per mm3) | No. tested | No. of samples with discrepant results
|
Total discrepancy rate (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antigenemia positive, TaqMan negative | Antigenemia negative, TaqMan positive | |||
≥1,500 | 258 | 6 | 25 | 12.0 |
<1,500 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 46.2 |
Total | 271 | 6 | 31 | 13.7 |