Toxoplasma gondii IgG avidity for the diagnosis of primary infection in pregnant women : Comparison between chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated whether IgG avidity measured by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) compared with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was useful to detect primary T. gondii infection during pregnancy and to estimate the risk for congenital T. gondii infection.

METHODS: One hundred six women with positive tests for T. gondii IgG and T. gondii IgM, comprising 21 women (19.8%) with low (<30%), 6 (5.7%) with borderline (30%-35%), and 79 (74.5%) with high (>35%) IgG avidity measured by ELISA were selected. Their stored sera were used for T. gondii IgG avidity measurements by CMIA.

RESULTS: In CMIA, 72 (67.9%) women had low (<50%), 12 (11.3%) had borderline (50%-59.9%), and 22 (20.8%) had high (≥60%) IgG avidity. The ratio of low T. gondii IgG avidity index in CMIA was more than three-fold than that in ELISA. Eighteen (85.7%) of 21 women with ELISA low avidity also had CMIA low avidity, and 26 (96.3%) of 27 women with ELISA low or borderline avidity corresponded to CMIA low or borderline avidity, whereas 21 (26.6%) of 79 women with ELISA high avidity were diagnosed with CMIA low avidity. All three cases with congenital T. gondii infection showed coincidentally low IgG avidity in both methods. A positive correlation in IgG avidity indices was found between of ELISA and CMIA.

CONCLUSIONS: CMIA for T. gondii avidity measurements compared with ELISA was clinically useful to detect pregnant women at a high risk of developing congenital T. gondii infection.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 30(2024), 5 vom: 21. März, Seite 434-438

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ota, Hajime [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Hideto [VerfasserIn]
Wada, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]
Tanimura, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Deguchi, Masashi [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Nishikawa, Akira [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Protozoan
Congenital toxoplasmosis
IgG avidity
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Polymerase chain reaction
Prenatal diagnosis
Toxoplasma

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jiac.2023.11.019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364917504