Abstract
A nested multiplex PCR assay was designed for the simultaneous detection of Epstein-Barr virus and Toxoplasma gondii DNA from the cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients. T. gondii DNA was detected in 8 of 8 patients with Toxoplasma encephalitis and in 0 of 6 patients without toxoplasmosis, and Epstein-Barr virus DNA was found in 9 of 14 patients with central nervous system lymphoma and in 2 of 38 patients without disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 268-269 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1997 |