Table 1.
Detection of CMV viral replication measured by PCR. When blood was obtained from IBD patients (ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD)) for PBMC isolation for ELISPOT CMV-reactivity analysis, CMV DNA was also measured by PCR in blood samples.
| CMV DNA PCR replication measurements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CMV DNA PCR [copies/mL] | |||
| at ELISPOT testing | 1 month prior | ≥ 2 months prior | |
| IBD patient | |||
| all CD, all UC except 8,14,19 | neg. | not tested | not tested |
| UC 8 | neg. | 2270 | not tested |
| UC 14 | neg. | not tested | 1892 |
| UC 19 | neg. | 5403 | 31000 |