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Egyptian Journal of Microbiology. 1997; 32 (4): 551-8
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-121064
ABSTRACT
Serum samples were collected from 100 women suffering from recurrent spontaneous albumen and their history of abortion ranged from 2 to 5 timesThe screening of collected sera against Treponema pallidum antigen by VDRL test revealed prevalence rate of 6% and using TPHA as confirmation gave a positive rate of 4% The collected sera were screened against CMV antigen by the IFA technique to detect the presence of IgM and IgG antibodies; the total percent of detected antibodies was 57% and IgM was present in 10%, while IgG in 47% Confirmation of the presence of these antibodies was performed using CF test which was positive in 30% of the studied patients