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Table 2 Comparison of CMV load at the onset of infection between patients with and without CMV disease

From: CMV infection of liver transplant recipients: comparison of antigenemia and molecular biology assays

 

PATIENTS WITHOUT

PATIENTS WITH

 
 

CMV DISEASE

CMV DISEASE

 
 

Mean

Min-max

Mean

Min-max

p a)

Antigenemia pp65 b)

7

1-31

17

1-40

n.s.

CMV monitor c)

4.2 × 103

4.3 × 102 - 1.6 × 104

7.2 × 103

9.4 × 102 - 1.8 × 104

n.s.

  1. a) p = significance level for the difference between patients with and without disease, according to the Mann-Whitney U test; n.s. = not significant b) antigenemia results are given as positive cells per 50,000 cells c) CMV monitor results are given as copies/mL
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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