Further testing must be done to confirm these results since IgM antibody may be present and persist for other reasons. IgG antibody in the pregnant woman may be a sign of past infection with one of these infectious agents.
By testing a second blood sample drawn at least two weeks later, the level of antibody can be compared. If the second blood draw shows an increase in IgG antibody, it strongly suggests a recent infection with the infectious agent. Use of the TORCH panel to diagnose these infections is becoming less common since more specific and sensitive tests to detect infection are available. Relying on the presence of antibodies may delay the diagnosis since it takes days to weeks for the antibodies to be produced.
Detection of the antigen , detection of nucleic acids can be done earlier in the disease process and are more specific.
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When to get tested? Sample required? If a newborn tests positive for these antibodies, a current infection is the most likely cause. If both IgG and IgM antibodies are found in a newborn, additional testing will be done to confirm if the baby has the active infection. If you test positive for IgM antibodies during pregnancy, more testing will be done to confirm an infection. The presence of IgG antibodies in a pregnant woman usually indicates a past infection or immunity.
If there is a question of an active infection, a second blood test is performed a few weeks later so the antibody levels can be compared. If levels increase, it can mean the infection was recent or is currently happening. If an infection is found, your doctor will create a treatment plan with you specific for pregnancy. Yeast infections are common during pregnancy. Because you can pass the infection to your baby, treatment is very important.
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How to Prepare for the Test. These are described in Table 3. Follow-up periods varied from 4 to 36 months. Patient 18 in Table 3 showed impaired hearing of the right ear on an automated brainstem response test done 3 weeks after birth. Further follow-up of CMV was not done.
One-month follow-up of the automated brainstem response test showed normal results for both ears. At 24 months of age the patient showed delayed expressive speech and hearing was tested again with auditory brainstem response threshold test which showed normal results for both sides and otoacoustic emission test which showed right side impairment.
At the most recent follow-up at 36 months, the patient showed normal development in all dimensions and had no hearing deficit. Syphilis was tested in 19 patients with RPR titer test. Only one positive finding of toxoplasmosis IgM was found. Repeated testing of toxoplasmosis IgM and IgG revealed negative findings. This patient had no clinical findings and follow-up until 4 years showed no comorbidities.
The positive toxoplasmosis IgM finding was considered to be false positive based on negative result of repeated serologic IgM and lack of clinical symptoms.
Direct detection of the parasite with highly specific PCR assay of placenta, blood, CSF, or urine would have been instrumental in clarifying the diagnosis. An early study in by Matthews and O'Herlihy 5 in which the investigators measured cord IgM levels in SGA infants found 5 cases of proven intrauterine infection with rubella, syphilis, and toxoplasmosis all of which had elevated cord IgM levels.
However, these cases were related to premature rupture of membrane and chorioamnionitis and the authors suggest that elevated cord IgM levels may be related to such clinical findings rather than to intrauterine infections. This study concluded that determination of cord IgM levels in SGA infants did not significantly help clinical management of these infants.
One positive case of rubella HI showed no clinical signs of infection and was normal at follow-up, and the other 2 cases expired.
The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis has decreased in USA and similar trends have been observed in France and Sweden. In Korea, the toxoplasmosis seroprevalence rate was 0. The above review of prevalence of TORCH infection in Korea suggests that screening toward each disease entity should be individualized. Low toxoplasmosis seroprevalance rate in pregnant women suggests lower risk of congenital infection, but higher seroprevalence in older aged Koreans shows that precaution should be taken to avoid consumption of food related to toxolasmosis infection during pregnancy.
High seroprevalence of rubella IgG of childbearing age females demonstrates protection against congenital rubella infection and effort to keep immunization rates high should be maintained.
Significantly decreased prevalence of syphilis over 3 decades is evidence of lower risk of congenital syphilis infection, but sexual transmission risk needs to be educated. Comparative to the lowered risk of toxoplasmosis, rubella, and syphilis, neonatal screening for CMV should be focused on risks of congenital infection due to maternal reinfection and reactivation. However, high proportions of congenital infections show no clinical symptoms at birth which increases the risk of unforeseen congenital infections.
The scope of this paper is too limited to make specific recommendations but suggestion in the literature is as follows. Laboratory diagnosis for congenital toxoplasmosis is recommended when maternal infection during pregnancy has been documented or suspected and when the neonate shows clinical symptoms suspicious of toxoplasmosis and the mother has not been tested for toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. When information of maternal infection during pregnancy is available, IgM and IgA should be tested on peripheral blood and PCR on placenta or cord blood when placenta is not available.
When no information is available regarding infection during pregnancy, maternal serology testing should be done first. Congenital rubella infection should be considered in infant born to a mother diagnosed or suspected of rubella during any time of pregnancy and any newborn with suspicious symptoms.
Fetal derived rubella specific IgM antibody could be tested or IgG level of infant can be monitored consecutively over months to see if it persists. Reverse transcriptase PCR may also be used. Congenital CMV infection should be tested when infants show suspicious clinical symptoms, and maternal history of seroconversion or mononucleosis like symptoms during pregnancy exist. The evaluation should start with serological evaluation of the mother. HSV infection is transmitted to the neonate most commonly through intrapartum contact and in utero transmission is very rare.
Differing from other TORCH infections, asymptomatic cases are uncommon and clinically suspected infants should undergo evaluation regardless of maternal history. In our study, 38 mothers had diseases that could result in reduced uteroplacental perfusion and 11 had placental factors related to IUGR. There were 16 twins and 2 chromosome abnormalities. Limitations of our study include small number of participants in a single institution, data based on retrospective review of medical charts, and lack of targeted screening based on preset study indications.
Also, regarding CMV screening, saliva real-time PCR would have been the preferred method of screening which could detect more neonates at risk of congenital CMV infection. Regarding CMV, which may present asymptomatically, universal screening could be considered after cost-benefit analysis. Also, a study evaluating the efficacy of universal screening test for CMV in neonates in Korea would help improve early detection and intervention of asymptomatic congenital CMV infected neonates.
Conflicts of interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Journal List Korean J Pediatr v.
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