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Vol. 15. Issue 2.
Pages 84-91 (June 2011)
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Validación de pruebas ELISA IgM anti-Toxoplasma para uso en programas de tamización en recién nacidos
Validation of anti-Toxoplasma IgM ELISA tests in newborn screening programs
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Elizabeth Torres1, Elkin Osorio2, Lilian Núñez2, Leonor Chacón3, María Eugenia Castaño4, Raúl Rivera1, María Luisa Ramírez5, Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín1,
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gepamol2@uniquindio.edu.co

Correspondencia: Centro de investigaciones biomédicas, Universidad del Quindío, Avenida Bolívar 12N, Armenia, Colombia, Telefax: (+57 67) 460-168.
1 Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
2 Laboratorio de Salud Pública, Secretaría de Salud de Bogotá, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
3 Laboratorio Salud Pública de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
4 Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
5 Hospital Erasmo Meoz, Cúcuta, Colombia
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Objetivos

Evaluar y determinar el punto de corte para la detección de IgM anti-Toxoplasma por el método ELISA, en muestras de sangre de cordón umbilical, mediante dos ensayos comerciales diferentes, y correlacionar los resultados obtenidos con el diagnóstico de toxoplasmosis congénita realizado por seguimiento serológico y los datos clínicos.

Métodos

Se evaluó la prueba IgM anti-Toxoplasma ELISA de Vircell®, frente a los resultados por Western blot e IgM ELISA de Labsystems®. Se estudiaron 105 muestras de cordón umbilical de niños colombianos, obtenidas de seis ciudades diferentes por Western blot y seguimiento clínico y serológico en aquellos positivos. Se obtuvo una curva receptor-operador (ROC) para la prueba ELISA IgM anti-Toxoplasma de Vircell® y de Labsystems ®. Se analizó la concordancia entre pruebas en 105 sueros obtenidos de cordón umbilical

Resultados

El mejor desempeño para la prueba Vircell® fue con un punto de corte de índice 8 y la prueba de Labsystems® con un punto de corte de 16 inmunounidades enzimáticas. Frente al Western blot, la prueba Vircell® tuvo una sensibilidad de 100 % (IC95%; 71,8-100) y una especificidad de 78 % (IC95%; 69-85,7), la prueba Labsystems® tuvo una sensibilidad de 100% (IC95%; 71,8-100) y una especificidad de 100 % (IC95%; 96-100). La concordancia entre ambas pruebas (Labsystems® y Vircell®) fue de 80 %, con un índice kappa de 0,45. Conclusiones. Un punto de corte de un índice 8 para la prueba ELISA IgM anti-Toxoplasma de Vircell® y un punto de corte de 16 inmunounidades enzimáticas por Labsystems®, permiten identificar infecciones congénitas en sangre de cordón umbilical en niños colombianos.

Keywords:
toxoplasmosis
IgM
tamización
recién nacidos
Abstract
Objectives

To evaluate and validate the detection of anti-Toxoplasma IgM ELISA in umbilical cord blood by means of two different commercial assays and to correlate the results with the diagnosis of congenital infection in children by serological follow up and clinical data.

Materials and methods

We evaluated the commercial anti-Toxoplasma IgM ELISA kitÔ from Vircell (Granada, Spain) compared to the results of Toxoplasma IgM Western blotÔ (LDbio, Lyon, France) and IgM ELISA testÔ from Labsystems (Finland). We obtained the receptor-operator curve (ROC) for the IgM ELISA assay form Vircell and Labsystems. We studied 105 umbilical cord blood serum samples from Colombian children from six different cities by Western blot, and clinical and serological follow up for positive cases. The kappa agreement index was determined for the 105 sera obtained from umbilical cords.

Results

The Vircell assay showed a better performance with a cut-off index of 8 against a 16 for Labsystems for enzyme immunounits (EUI). When the results were evaluated against the Western blot assay, the Vircell IgM assay had a sensitivity of 100% (IC95%: 71.8-100) and a specificity of 78% (IC95%: 69-85.7), the IgM assay from Labsystems had a sensitivity of 100% (IC95% 71.8-100) and a specificity of 100% (IC95% 96-100). Agreement between both tests (Labsystems and Vircell) was 80% and had a kappa index of 0.45.

Conclusions

A cut-off point of 8 for the anti-Toxoplasma IgM ELISA assay from Vircell and 16 EIU for the Labsystems assay allow the identification of congenital infections in umbilical cord blood samples from Colombian children.

Keywords:
Toxoplasmosis
diagnosis
ELISA
Western blot
ROC curve
sensitivity
specificity
newborn
umbilical cord
screening.
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