Table 3.

Detection of HCMV by PCR/nPCR with gB primers in CMV isolates and urine

Samples	Methods	infection	Positive (%)	Total positive (%)
Positive culture	PCR	Congenital	33 (100)	61 (100)
		Perinatal **	28 (100)
Urine	Direct PCR without DNA release	Congenital	24 (73)	34 (56)
		Perinatal**	10 (36)
Urine	n-PCR	Congenital	33 (100)	59 (97)
		Perinatal**	26 (93)*

* from the 3 negative samples, one of which became positive when a dilution was made ** samples grouped as perinatal