Magaret Amalia S, Wald Anna, Huang Meei-Li, Selke Stacy, Corey Larry
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, 600 Broadway, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98122, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 May;45(5):1618-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01405-06. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
In 1997, we developed a PCR assay for the detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA. Recently, we determined an optimal positivity criterion based on research specimens and a dilution study. We found that a cutoff of 50 HSV DNA copies/ml of swab specimen, a level 10-fold lower than our previous cutoff, minimizes misclassification.
1997年,我们开发了一种用于检测单纯疱疹病毒(HSV)DNA的聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测方法。最近,我们基于研究标本和稀释研究确定了一个最佳阳性标准。我们发现,拭子标本中HSV DNA拷贝数为50拷贝/毫升的临界值,比我们之前的临界值低10倍,可将错误分类降至最低。