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Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Central Nervous System in Patients with AIDS: Diagnosis by DNA Amplification from Cerebrospinal Fluid
1 Dec 1992
Abstract excerpt
A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was evaluated for the detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF and serum samples from 19 AIDS patients with intracerebral CMV infection diagnosed at autopsy were retrospectively examined. As controls, CSF and serum samples from 15 AIDS patients with only extracerebral CMV involvement at autopsy, from 10 AIDS patients without CMV infection at...
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