TABLE 5.

Comparison of results obtained with different test systems for quantitation of CMV DNA

Sample no.	No. of CMV DNA copies/ml obtained with:
	EZ1/artusa	EZ1/R-geneb	MPC/artusc	MPC/R-gened
1	TNDe	TND	TND	<150f
2	TND	TND	TND	<150
3	TND	TND	TND	<150
4	TND	TND	TND	200
5	TND	TND	TND	<150
6	TND	TND	<139f	<150
7	TND	TND	TND	460
8	TND	260	TND	765
9	TND	950	TND	<150
10	TND	TND	<139	<150
11	TND	TND	TND	400
12	TND	TND	TND	200
13	TND	TND	<139	2,300
14	TND	TND	TND	<150
15	TND	TND	330	300
16	TND	TND	TND	740
17	TND	3,180	TND	600
18	TND	TND	TND	300
19	TND	2,200	TND	1,740
20	TND	540	TND	<150

^aEZ1/artus, BioRobot EZ1 workstation/artus CMV LC PCR kit.

^bEZ1/R-gene, BioRobot EZ1 workstation/CMV HHV6,7,8 R-gene quantification kit.

^cMPC/artus, MagNa Pure compact instrument/artus CMV LC PCR kit.

^dMPC/R-gene, MagNa Pure compact instrument/CMV HHV6,7,8 R-gene quantification kit.

^eTND, target not detected.

^fThe result is under the lower limit of quantification, i.e., weakly positive.