The performance of four molecular methods for the laboratory diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis in amniotic fluid samples

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 584-588

  Teixeira, Leandro Emídio ^a   Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida ^a   Shimokawa, Paulo Tadashi ^a   Targa, Lília Spaleta ^a   Rodrigues, Jonatas Cristian ^a   Domingues, Wilson ^a   Yamamoto, Lidia ^a   Okay, Thelma Suely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Congenital toxoplasmosis; Molecular diagnosis; PCR; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84888156919     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0095-2013     Document Type: Article

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