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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
A technique to quantify cytomegalovirus (CMV) by centrifugation culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from marrow transplant recipients was developed. This technique was used to assess the CMV response to antiviral treatment and the relationship between viral load, asymptomatic excretion versus symptomatic infection, and prognosis. Relative to tube cell culture, centrifugation culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was more sensitive than direct fluorescent-antibody staining. It was also a rapid, replicable method for detecting and measuring the amount of CMV. There was no significant difference between viral load at diagnosis and after 9 days of treatment with ganciclovir and intravenous immunoglobulin. Viral load was not predictive of outcome, and there was no difference in amount of virus between patients with asymptomatic CMV excretion and those with CMV pneumonia. The amount of CMV may not be as important as other factors (e.g., host immune response) in the pathogenesis of CMV pneumonia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0095-1137
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2776-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantification of cytomegalovirus in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after allogeneic marrow transplantation by centrifugation culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.