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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 01 1997, 305-306, Vol 35, No. 1
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Comparison of EDTA and acid-citrate-dextrose collection tubes for detection of cytomegalovirus antigenemia and infectivity in leukocytes before and after storage

ML Landry, S Cohen and K Huber
Clinical Virology Laboratory, Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut 06504, USA.

Duplicate blood samples collected in EDTA and acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD) were compared by cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenemia and CMV infectivity on the day of sample collection and after 1 and 2 days of storage at 4 degrees C. No significant difference was detected between EDTA and ACD. However, CMV antigenemia was more sensitive than culture at all time points tested.

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