Cotton wool balls are an effective urine collection tool for CMV PCR for diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Krishneel Singh Pamela Palasanthiran Stuart T Hamilton William D Rawlinson

Pathology

Virology Research Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, School of Women's and Children's Health, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Serology and Virology Division, NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: June 2020

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