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      Analytical and Clinical Performance of a Real-time Screening PCR Assay Identifying Congenital CMV Infection

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          Background

          Congenital CMV infection (cCMV) is the most common identifiable cause of mental retardation in the United States but requires early diagnosis to define the infection and to institute effective antiviral therapy. Traditional identification strategies including hearing screens and physical exams likely miss many patients with cCMV. We therefore developed and evaluated the performance of a PCR assay optimized for low cost, specimen collection at time of dried blood spot collection, and detection thresholds below the salivary CMV concentrations known to occur in cCMV patients.

          Methods

          We utilized a real-time CMV PCR assay (Simplexa TM CMV)(DiaSorin, Cypress CA) amplifying the UL83 gene and the 3M Integrated Cycler. Saliva was collected from volunteers (Copan swab), and spiked with known concentrations of CMV culture supernatant quantified by COBAS Ampliprep TM. (Roche Diagnostics). Additionally, saliva was collected by copan swab from all births within a single multi-hospital system from 3/21/16 – 5/4/17. Newborns who were initial screen PCR positive were subsequently evaluated by urine CMV PCR by an outside laboratory for confirmation of cCMV.

          Results

          Analytical threshold of detection was well below 4 log copies/ML, with 100% of samples testing positive at 3.5 log copies/ML (Fig 1). 6127 newborn saliva samples were evaluated and 61 were PCR positive (£40 CT). 47 of these tests were confirmed by urine PCR (Fig 2) (PPV 0.9792, NPV 0.9988, Sens 0.8704, Spec 0.9998). Screen positive tests which were not confirmed by urine PCR had CT values £36. Adjusting the definition of a positive to CT £36 further improved the performance (PPV >0.9999, NPV 0.9997, Sens 0.9592, Spec >0.9999).

          Conclusion

          We demonstrate good performance of a congenital CMV methodology thus facilitating an effective universal newborn screening program

          Disclosures

          J. P. Devincenzo, AstraZeneca/MedImmune: Investigator, Research support

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          Journal
          Open Forum Infect Dis
          Open Forum Infect Dis
          ofid
          Open Forum Infectious Diseases
          Oxford University Press (US )
          2328-8957
          Fall 2017
          04 October 2017
          04 October 2017
          : 4
          : Suppl 1 , ID Week 2017 Abstracts
          : S356
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Children’s Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital , Memphis, Tennessee
          [2 ] Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital , Memphis, Tennessee
          [3 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee School of Medicine , Memphis, Tennessee
          [4 ] Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee School of Medicine , Memphis, Tennessee
          Author notes

          Session: 145. Diagnostics: Viral

          Friday, October 6, 2017: 12:30 PM

          Article
          ofx163.861
          10.1093/ofid/ofx163.861
          5631887
          3b74d248-c8e2-4c87-8cb3-d8f1eb89600f
          © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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