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Table 1 Virus PCR kits used between 2013 and 2020

From: Pulmonary co-infections by Pneumocystis jirovecii and Herpesviridae: a seven-year retrospective study

 

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples

Blood samples

CMV

CMV R-gene® Biomérieux, France

RealStar® CMV PCR Kit 1.0 Altona diagnostics, Germany

Abbott Real Time CMV® Abbott molecular inc, USA

EBV

EBV R-gene® Biomérieux, France

RealStar® EBV PCR Kit 1.0 Altona diagnostics, Germany

Abbott Real Time EBV® Abbott molecular inc, USA

HSV1/2 and VZV

HSV1 HSV2 VZV R-gene® Biomérieux, France

RealStar®alpha Herpesvirus PCR Kit 1.0 Altona diagnostics, Germany

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  1. CMV, Cytomegalovirus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; HSV1/2, Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and type 2; VZV, Varicella zoster virus