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. 1995 Dec;33(12):3317–3318. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.12.3317-3318.1995

PCR detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in serum as a diagnostic test for congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

C T Nelson 1, A S Istas 1, M K Wilkerson 1, G J Demmler 1
PMCID: PMC228697  PMID: 8586726

Abstract

PCR detected cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in the serum of 18 of 18 infants with symptomatic congenital CMV infection, 1 of 2 infants with asymptomatic congenital CMV infection, and 0 of 32 controls. Serum CMV PCR provided a rapid, sensitive, and specific method for diagnosis of congenital CMV infection in infants who were symptomatic at birth.

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