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Rapid determination of human cytomegalovirus susceptibility to ganciclovir directly from clinical specimen primocultures.

Department of Virology, Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France.

ABSTRACT

We were able to rapidly determine the susceptibility of human cytomegalovirus to ganciclovir using a late antigen synthesis reduction assay directly on primocultures of clinical specimens. This test was compared with a conventional susceptibility assay which was performed with cell-free virus obtained after cytomegalovirus isolation and in vitro passages. Both tests produced similar results. The rapid test, unlike conventional assays, is able to provide a result within 5 days after receipt of the specimen and could thus play a direct role in the therapeutic decision.

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