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Table 4 Results of AGM and viral load by qPCR in the monitoring of preemptive antiviral treatment stratified by genotypes

From: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) genotype in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Genotypes

Median

Range

Mean

SD

Mean*

SD

gB1

AGM (n cells)

0

0-200

12

± 46

-

-

qPCR (copies/ml)

261

15-8358

1247

± 2352

2.51

± 0.76

gB2

AGM (n cells)

0

0-500

63

± 165

-

-

qPCR (copies/ml)

359

5-26012

4088

± 8537

2.45

± 1.16

gB3

AGM (n cells)

0

0-500

125

± 250

-

-

qPCR (copies/ml)

20751

115-110136

37938

± 50542

3.86

± 1.31

gB4

AGM (n cells)

0

0-7

1

± 3

-

-

qPCR (copies/ml)

4690

46-73084

15758

± 26024

3.41

± 1.23

  1. AGM antigenemia, qPCR real-time polymerase chain reaction.
  2. *Mean qPCR transformed in logarithmic base 10; n = number of pp65 CMV positive cells/2 × 105; SD = standard deviation. Antigenemia – P-value = 0.70; qPCR - P-value = 0.03 (kruskal-WallisTest).