Performance of cytomegalovirus real-time polymerase chain reaction assays of fecal and plasma specimens for diagnosing cytomegalovirus colitis.
Onuma SattayalertyanyongJulajak LimsrivilaiPhutthaphorn PhaophuNichcha SubdeeNavin HorthongkhamAnanya PongpaibulNapat AngkathunyakulMethee ChayakulkeereeNonthalee PausawasdiPhunchai CharatcharoenwitthayaPublished in: Clinical and translational gastroenterology (2023)
The results of this study strongly suggest that the combination of stool CMV-PCR and plasma CMV-PCR can be used to confidently rule in (both positive) or rule out (both negative) a diagnosis of CMV colitis.