Contribution of molecular diagnosis to congenital toxoplasmosis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;76(2):244-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.02.008. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

Abstract

We evaluated the performance of three real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays on 73 samples from mothers and children with congenital toxoplasmosis. PCR assays had significantly higher sensitivity in prenatal period than in birth period when targeting the 529-bp repeat element (81.3% versus 36.0%) or the B1 gene (64.6% versus 20.0%).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • DNA, Protozoan / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Toxoplasma / genetics
  • Toxoplasma / growth & development
  • Toxoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / diagnosis*

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Immunoglobulin G