Comparison of cytomegalovirus pp-65 antigenemia assay and plasma DNA correlation with the clinical outcome in transplant recipients.

The relationship between quantitative antigenemia and plasma DNAemia was studied for monitoring cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia in CMV infection (CMVI) or disease (CMVD), in 20 transplant recipients (13 CMD, seven CMVI). A total of 142 samples of blood were assayed for CMV-DNA and pp-65 antigenemia (CMV-Ag). A quantitative correlation between both markers was found (P < 0.