TABLE 5.
Ct values of real-time PCR according to virus and culture-immunofluorescence result
| Virus and culture result | No. of speci- mensa | Ct value
|
Difference between sample means (95% confi- dence interval) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | ||||
| CMV | |||||
| Positive | 10 | 33.1 | 6.25 | −2.14 (−8.39-4.12) | NSb |
| Negative | 6 | 36.3 | 4.35 | ||
| VZV | |||||
| Positive | 15 | 19.5 | 4.75 | −4.57 (−9.00-1.29) | >0.01, <0.05 |
| Negative | 11 | 24.1 | 5.95 | ||
| HSV-1 | |||||
| Positive | 125 | 27.0 | 6.33 | −7.77 (−10.7-−4.79) | <0.01 |
| Negative | 19 | 34.8 | 4.25 | ||
| HSV-2 | |||||
| Positive | 72 | 23.2 | 4.35 | −10.5 (−12.6-−8.39) | <0.01 |
| Negative | 25 | 33.7 | 5.16 | ||
a
Some specimens are missing Ct data.
b
NS, not significant.