Real-time PCR diagnostics failure caused by nucleotide variability within exon 4 of the human cytomegalovirus major immediate-early gene

. 2007 Mar ; 45 (3) : 1042-4. [epub] 20070117

Jazyk angličtina Země Spojené státy americké Médium print-electronic

Typ dokumentu hodnotící studie, časopisecké články

Perzistentní odkaz   https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid17229861

Here we report how variability in the human cytomegalovirus genome sequence may seriously affect the outcome of its molecular diagnosis. A real-time quantitative PCR assay targeting the major immediate-early gene failed to detect the viral load in some, but not all, clinical samples from hematooncological patients. By amplification and sequencing the DNA across the regions targeted by this assay we found a number of nucleotide substitutions which accounted for decreased primer/probe binding. This decreased the sensitivity of the assay up to 1,000-fold.

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