CMV quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of CMV disease in patients with HIV-infection – a retrospective autopsy based study

Table 2 Results of CMV quantitative PCR in patients with and without CMV disease

Results of CMV PCR assay	Number of patients
	with CMV disease	without CMV disease
	N = 53	N = 72
Viral load (CMV DNA copies/mL) (last samples)
Below limit of detection	28	64
Viraemia^a	25	8
≤1 999	9	5
2 000–9 999	7	3
≥10 000	9	0
CMV DNA detection^a by no. of tested samples before diagnosis
One sample	24	17
Not detected in any sample	13	15
Detected in one sample	11	2
Two samples	29	55
Not detected in any sample	13	47
Detected in one sample	9	8
Detected in both samples	7	0

^aAny viraemia above limit of detection.
Results of plasma CMV quantitative PCR in HIV patients with and without CMV disease by different viral load cut-offs and number of tested samples.

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