Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in a healthy human is usually subclinical. However, in an immuno-compromised host and a developing foetus it may result in either a localized or disseminated disease. Clinical manifestations of CMV disease include pneumonia, retinitis, hepatitis, enteritis and neurological disease. Despite improved treatment modalities, CMV infection may result in significant morbidity and mortality. Patients are at risk from both primary CMV infection and reactivation of latent infection.
The CMV pp65 antigenemia assay is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of active CMV infection in solid organ and bone marrow transplant patients as well as in the diagnosis and monitoring of CMV disease in AIDS patients. Early and rapid diagnosis of active CMV infection is of great importance in avoiding over-treatment with immunosuppressive drugs and in guiding antiviral therapy.
The standard in CMV testing, antigenemia, is a non-culture technique that detects an active infection with blood sample analysis and is optimised for use in the CMV Brite™ Turbo Kit from IQ Products.
CMV Brite™ Turbo Kit (CE/IVD) – A complete kit for the rapid diagnosis of an active CMV infection
- Results within 2 hours of sample collection
- Detects CMV pp65 positive PMNs by indirect immunofluorescence
- High sensitivity and easy reading of results
- No evidence of cross reactivity between other viruses and CMV using the CMV antigenemia assay with the C10/C11 monoclonal antibody cocktail
- Control slides included
- Suitable for bone marrow transplant recipients, Solid organ transplant patients and AIDS patients.
The CMV Brite™ Turbo antigenemia kit uses the well defined C10/C11 antibody cocktail to detect the CMV lower matrix phosphoprotein (pp65), an early antigen in virus replication, which is abundantly present in antigen-positive polymorphonuclear cells. The CMV Brite™ Turbo Kit is a rapid new version of the first FDA registered immunofluorescence antigenemia kit for in vitro CMV diagnosis.
Principle of the CMV Brite™ Turbo Kit
The CMV antigenemia assay has been developed using a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies (C10/C11) directed against CMV lower matrix protein pp65. The assay uses the C10/C11 cocktail in an indirect immunofluorescence staining of cytospin preparations of peripheral blood leukocytes.
Figure 1: Human peripheral blood leukocytes from a patient with an active CMV infection, stained with the CMV Brite antigenemia kit. Immunofluorescence staining of CMV pp65 antigen positive polymorph nuclear cells. Negative cells are counter-stained (red) with Evans Blue.
Product Information
CMV Brite™ Turbo Kit (CE/IVD)
Product Code: VIR-CMV-110
Size: 110 Tests
Product References
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2. Van Son, W.J., The,T.H., (1989) Cytomegaovirus infection after organ transplantation: an update with special emphasis on renal transplantation. Transpl. Int. 2, 147-164
3. The, T.H., et al, (1990) Cytomegalovirus antigenemia. Rev. Inf. Dis. 12., S737-S744
4. Van der Bij et al., (1988) Comparison between viremia and antigenemia for detection of cytomegalovirus in blood. J. Clin. Microbiology 26. 2531-2535
5. Grefte, J.M.M et al (1992) The lower matrix protein pp65 is the principal viral antigen present in peripheral blood leukocytes during an active cytomegalovirus infection. J.Gen. Virol. 73. 2923-2932
The CMV Brite™ Turbo kit from IQ Products is distributed in the UK & ROI by Caltag Medsystems. If you would like further information about any of their products, please contact us at techsupport@caltagmedsystems.co.uk or by telephone 01280 827460.