| Literature DB >> 22837323 |
Nicolas Lévêque1, Fanny Renois, Déborah Talmud, Yohan Nguyen, François Lesaffre, Camille Boulagnon, Patrick Bruneval, Paul Fornes, Laurent Andréoletti.
Abstract
Standardized one-step real-time RT-PCR assay detected enterovirus RNA in cardiac biopsy samples from 4 of 20 patients suffering from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). The median viral load was 287 copies per microgram of total extracted nucleic acids, with positive- to negative-strand RNA ratios ranging from 2 to 20. These results demonstrate enterovirus persistence in the heart of IDCM patients, characterized by low viral loads and low positive- to negative-RNA ratios.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22837323 PMCID: PMC3457437 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01612-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948