QPCR increases sensitivity to detect cytomegalovirus in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue of gastrointestinal biopsies

Human Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-53

  McCoy, Morgan H ^a   Post, Kristin ^b   Sen, Joyashree D ^b   Chang, Hsim Y ^b   Zhao, Zijin ^a   Fan, Rong ^a   Chen, Shaoxiong ^a   Leland, Diane ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Lin, Jingmei ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Cytomegalovirus; Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue; QPCR

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUODENITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

COLON; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FORMALIN-FIXED, PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUE; QPCR;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FORMALDEHYDE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84890116041     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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