Specificity of low anti-Toxoplasma IgG titers with IMx and AxSYM Toxo IgG assays

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Sep;32(1):65-7. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(98)00060-1.

Abstract

Low antibody titers (3 to 6 IU/mL) detected by IMx and AxSYM Toxo IgG assays in serum samples from 264 pregnant women were confirmed by the dye test and a high-sensitivity agglutination test in, respectively, 98.5% and 95.6% of cases, attesting a premunition of these patients.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / immunology
  • Pregnancy Trimester, First / blood*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, First / immunology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Toxoplasma / immunology
  • Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic