. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Feb 18;55(4):1053–1058. doi: 10.1007/s10620-010-1146-0

Table 2.

CMV DNA copy number in biopsy, stool and plasma specimen in six different study patients

Case number	Dx	CMV PCR biopsy copies/ml	CMV PCR stool copies/ml	CMV plasma copies/ml
2	UC	<500	2,316	<500
4	UC	<500	40,317	<500
5	UC	1,826	40,339	Negative
9	UC	117,775	ND^b	6,252
18	CD^a	91,125	2,266	ND
23	UC	834	19,672	<500

In the other 13 study patients CMV PCR of 15 biopsies and stool samples were all negative for CMV DNA

ND, not done

Patient with ileostomy due to CD with a history of colectomy due to severe colitis

Determination of CMV DNA technical not possible due to solidification of stool sample prior to homogenization for DNA extraction