Improvement of cytomegalovirus avidity testing by adjusting the concentration of CMV-specific IgG in test samples.
J Clin Virol
; 35(3): 303-9, 2006 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-16298547
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infection. Primary CMV infection in early pregnancy bears a high risk of fetal damage. Accurate measurement of CMV-specific IgG avidity may help to improve the serodiagnosis of CMV-infected women by determining the time of infection and fetal outcome.OBJECTIVES:
To study the performance of the CMV avidity assay with the fully automated Vidas analyzer (bioMérieux) as a function of the concentration of CMV-specific IgG present in the serum sample. STUDYDESIGN:
Eighty-two serum samples were investigated from 3 clinical scenarios 18 individuals with sera negative for CMV-specific IgG and IgM (control group), 20 pregnant women (44 samples) containing CMV-specific IgG- and IgM-antibodies suggesting acute or recent primary infection and 20 patients with evidence of past infection (CMV-IgG positive and CMV-IgM negative).RESULTS:
In the group with presumed acute or recent primary infection 12 of 44 sera had CMV-specific IgG values above 100 arbitrary units (AU, bioMérieux)/ml and in these cases an increase in AI was measurable upon dilution of the serum sample. In two cases, AI's were shifted towards or above the cut-off value of AI>or=0.8, indicative of past infection. Dilution of sera which were CMV-specific IgM positive and had specific IgG concentrations ofCONCLUSIONS:
The results obtained from undiluted patients' sera with high CMV-IgG concentrations indicate that falsely low avidity indices are obtained if these sera are not diluted to below an empirically determined CMV-specific IgG concentration. In addition, the cut-off value for this commercial CMV-IgG avidity assay should be revised.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez
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Imunoglobulina G
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Testes Sorológicos
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Infecções por Citomegalovirus
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Citomegalovirus
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Anticorpos Antivirais
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Afinidade de Anticorpos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article