Seronegative invasive gastro-intestinal cytomegalovirus disease in renal allograft recipients a diagnostic dilemma! - Tissue PCR the saviour?
Conclusions-Blind biopsy specimen for tissue PCR could serve as saviour in an immunocompromised individiual who has a strong clinical symptomatology for GI-CMV disease in absence of viremia, normal endoscopy and histopathology, so that the early therapeutic interventions could help in excellent patient and graft survival.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: A KaulD BhadauriaV AgarwalV RuhelaA KumarS MohendraS BaraiN PrasadA GuptaRK Sharma Source Type: research
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