Table 2 Results of HCMV performed on the 33 patients treated for the disease

Patient no	No of pp65 positive cells/2 × 10⁵ leucocytes	HCMV DNA detected copy/ml
1	8	692
2.	20	775
3	86	8462847
4	78	3817
5	13	15386
6	25	20201
7	28	1851
8	35	647
9	25	724
10	14	1673
11	32	29768
12	38	75479
13	35	500
14	48	460
15	78	271
16	20	775
17	86	8462847
18	78	3817
19	230	30902
20	8	692
21	49	674
22	35	4849
23	7	47
24	27	337
25	3	334
26	22	7456
27	15	1411
28	40	24104
29	52	6756
30	20	2265
31	7	4937
32	0	3079
33.	32	29768

pp65 antigenemia assay and HCMV 2 × 10⁵ leucocytes of peripheral blood and human cytomegalovirus DNA copy numbers detected/ml in the 33 renal transplant recipients who underwent valganciclovir treatment for symptomatic disease showed presence of antigenemia in 32/33 patients.

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