CRITICAL-EXAMINATION OF AN ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY FOR DETECTION OF POSITIVE IGM ANTIBODIES AGAINST TOXOPLASMA IN NEWBORNS

Authors
DOHR A OEHME A
Citation
A. Dohr et A. Oehme, CRITICAL-EXAMINATION OF AN ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY FOR DETECTION OF POSITIVE IGM ANTIBODIES AGAINST TOXOPLASMA IN NEWBORNS, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 278(4), 1993, pp. 566-569
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Virology
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348840
Volume
278
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
566 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8840(1993)278:4<566:COAEFD>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The Toxonostika(R) IgM test, which has been examined in this study, is a modified antibody capture test (7). Evaluation with sera from newbo rns revealed that, like in the ELISA tested in 1988, doubtful or false positive results were obtained in 10% of the cases (6). Therefore, a positive toxoplasmosis IgM result in newborn sera should always be ret ested with another test system.