Detection of cytomegalovirus infections in specimens other than urine by the shell vial assay and conventional tube cell cultures.

Blood, bronchoscopy-lavage, biopsy (lung, liver, kidney), sputum, and other (cecum, bone) specimens were inoculated into shell vials and conventional cell tube cultures seeded with MRC-5 cells over a 23-month period. Of 1,472 specimens, 182 (12.4%) yielded cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive results from...

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Main Authors: Paya, C V, Wold, A D, Smith, T F
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC266083/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3034962
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