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Results of quantitative real-time PCR and qualitative nested PCR for detection of HSV-2 in CSF in two groups of patients with acute aseptic meningitis
| Group | No. of patients | Real-time PCR
|
Nested PCR
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive (%) | No. negative | No. positive (%) | No. negative | ||
| HSM total | 65 | 52 (80) | 13 | 47 (72) | 18 |
| HSM primary | 38 | 33 (87) | 5 | 33 (87) | 5 |
| HSM recurrent | 27 | 19 (70) | 8 | 14 (52) | 13 |
| AAM | 45 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 45 |
| Total | 110 | 53 (48) | 57 | 47 (42) | 63 |
