J Korean Pediatr Soc.
1998 Feb;41(2):163-169.
Congenital Asymptomatic Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Comparison of Specific IgM Antibody Test and pp65 Antigenemia Assay
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Clinical Pathology, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Medical Research Institute of St. Holy Hopital, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Statistics, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
Abstract
- PURPOSE
It is increasingly important to diagnosis asymptomatic infections which make up a majority (90%) of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections and that they may have sequeles such as sensorineural hearing loss and mental retardation. Recently antigenemia assay has been developed by using monoclonal antibodies against early structural protein pp65 of CMV. This CMV antigenemia assay seems to be more quicker to diagnosis than conventional viral culture or other tests. In this study, we evaluated the CMV antigenemia assay in neonatal congenital asymptomatic CMV infections comparing it to the CMV specific IgM test that uses enzyme immunoassay.
METHODS
From October 1995 to May 1996, 231 normal term newborns delivered with asymptomatic in St. Holy Hospital of Catholic University were included. The CMV antigenemia assay was performed with CMV-vueTM Kit by immunocytochemical staining and the CMV specific IgM test was performed with Enzygnost Anti-CMV/IgM by using an enzyme immunoassay.
RESULTS
Three cases (male 2, female 1) were CMV pp65 antigenemia assay positive, but none of them were CMV specific IgM antibody test positive. The CMV pp65 antigenemia assay was more sensitive than CMV specific IgM antibody test for detection of congenital asymptomatic CMV infections by 1.3% and 0%, respectively.
CONCLUSION
According to previous results, we suggest that the rate of congenital CMV infections using only CMV specific IgM tests have been underestimated. We recommend the CMV antigenemia assay as the preferred method for more rapid and accurate diagnosis of CMV infections. And congenital asymptomatic CMV infections should be diagnosed and followed up because of possible future sequeles.
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