Comparison of different approaches to quantitative adenovirus detection in stool specimens of hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

摘要

BACKGROUND: Adenoviruses almost invariably proliferate in the gastrointestinal tract prior to dissemination, and critical threshold concentrations in stool correlate with the risk of viremia. Monitoring of adenovirus loads in stool may therefore be important for timely initiation of treatment in order to prevent invasive infection.