Analysis of TORCH infection in Qujing area / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To analyze the detection results of TORCH antibodies for further understanding the TORCH infection situation among different groups in Qujing area .Methods The detection results of 3035 cases of TORCH antibodies were retro-spectively analyzed ,and the detection results were grouped into the male group and female group ,juvenile group and adult group , and the positive rate of TORCH antibodies was statistically analyzed .Results (1) In the TORCH-IgG various antibodies detec-tion ,the positive rate of CMV-IgG antibody was highest(84 .78% ) .In the TORCH-IgM various antibodies detection ,the positive rate of RUV-IgM antibody was highest(9 .92% ) .(2)The positive rates of RUV ,CMV and HSVⅠ /Ⅱ-IgG and IgM antibodies in the female group were higher than those in the male group ,and the differences were statistically significant (P0 .05) .(3)The positive rates of TOX ,RUV , CMV and HSVⅠ /Ⅱ-IgG antibodies in the adult group were higher than those in the juvenile group ,the differences were statistical-ly significant (P0 .05) .Conclusion The infection rates of CMV ,RUV ,HSVⅠ /Ⅲ were higher in Qu-jing area .The infection rates are higher in the adult group and female group .Therefore ,TORCH infection should be early found and the infected persons should take some intervention and treatment measures .

Acquired Toxoplasmosis Presenting with a Brainstem Granuloma in an Immunocompetent Adolescent.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is an uncommon disease in immunocompetent people. Case characteristics: We report an adolescent boy with central nervous system toxoplasmosis who presented with progressive lower cranial nerve palsies and a ring-enhancing lesion on neuroimaging. Intervention: Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis was confirmed on histopathology of the excised lesion. Message: Toxoplasmosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of focal brain lesions irrespective of immune status.

Epidemiological investigation on TORCH infection of children in Pu′er / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To make an epidemiological investigation on TORCH infection in children in Pu′er city of Yunnan prov‐ince ,in order to provide references for the prevention and treatment of TORCH infection in children .Methods A total of 1 194 children treated at this hospital from January to December 2014 were selected and divided into five age groups .Serum TORCH spe‐cific IgM and IgG antibodies were detected by using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and the positive rate of TORCH specific antibody and TORCH infection rate were comparatively analysed .Results The positive rate of TORCH specific IgM anti‐body was significantly lower than that of IgG .The range of positive rate of IgM was 0 .00% -3 .10% ,and that of IgG was 10 .13% -82 .24% .The total infection rate of TORCH was 96 .98% .There were no significant differences in the infection rate of single item of TORCH or the total TORCH infection rate among the five different age groups(P>0 .05) .The distribution of infec‐tion rate of single item of TORCH among the five age groups was statistically significantly different(P0 .05) .Conclusion Children with TORCH infection in this area mainly are infected by CMV ,followed with RV and HSV infections ,while TOX infection is uncommon .There are no obvious differences in different seasons and children in different age groups .

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Monozygotic Twins with Twin-to-twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Background: Symptoms of congenital cytomegalovirus infection remains unclear. Case characteristics: Extremely low birth weight twins with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome were infected with cytomegalovirus congenitally.Observation: The donor showed neuronal impairment, whereas the recipient showed hepatic dysfunction. Message: Intrauterine hemodynamics may be important in pathophysiology of congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Detection of TORCH infection in pregnant women by using reverse phase protein array / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To evaluate whether the reverse phase protein array (RPPA) method can be used for detecting TORCH infection in pregnant women .Methods The RPPA method was established for detecting TORCH infection .The positive coinci‐dence rates of TORCH infection detected by the RPPA method and ELISA method in 2000 fresh serum samples from pregnant women were compared for evaluating the feasibility of RPPA in TORCH detection .Results The positive coincidence rates of estab‐lished RPPA and ELISA for detecting TORCH infection was 100 .0% ,91 .1% ,97 .2% ,91 .3% and 93 .0% respectively ,indicating that the detection results of various indexes by RPPA and ELISA had better consistency (P>0 .05) ,but the positive detection rates of RPPA for Rubellavirus ,CMV and HSV‐1 ,2 were higher than those of correspondent ELISA method .Conclusion RPPA method for detecting TORCH infection has the advantages of simpleness ,rapidness ,high sensitivity and strong specificity ,is an effective method of auxiliary diagnosis for bearing and rearing better children in clinical ,and is worthy of being promoted and used in the fu‐ture .

Ultrasound and serological diagnosis of TORCH infection in pregnant women / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To study the use of ultrasound and serological diagnosis of TORCH infection in pregnant women .Methods Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay of serum IgM antibodies specific for TORCH were performed .Biweekly ultrasonic inspec‐tion were also performed to detect fetal development .Results Among 656 cases of pregnant women ,the TORCH infection rate was 19 .36% ,and the positive rates of IgM specific for toxoplasma ,Rubella virus ,cytomegalovirus ,herpes simplex virus were 3 .50% , 2 .13% ,4 .27% and 4 .72% .Among TORCH antibody positive pregnant women ,ultrasound abnormality included 37 cases of omphalocele ,12 cases of cervical lymph hydrocyst ,4 cases of growth‐stopping ,6 cases of hydrocephalus ,9 cases of fetal death ,16 cases of single umbilical artery hydronephrosis ,12 cases of gastroschisis ,24 cases of intrauterine fetal growth retardation ,and the total abnormal rate was 18 .29% .Among 656 cases of pregnant women ,there are 574 cases of normal deliveries ,including 56 cases of TORCH infection ,accounting for 9 .76% ,and 82 cases with adverse pregnancy outcome ,including 43 cases of TORCH infection , accounting for 52 .44% ,which was higher than that in pregnant women with normal deliveries(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Ultrasound and serological diagnosis of TORCH infection could be reliable and effectively improve the quality of the population .

Relationship between Types of Virus Infected and Infantile Hepatitis / 实用儿科临床杂志

220.6 ?mol/L in serums.Conclusions TORCH infection is common in infantile hepatitis in hospital.The infection rates caused by CMV are higher than those caused by HSV,TOX,RV and the rate caused by TOX is lower than others,and then the injury of liver caused by CMV is more severe than others.Neonates less than 7 days always have more organs injuried than the elders.

Prevalence of infections with toxoplasma, rubella, CMV and HSV-2 in cord blood analysis

Cord blood samples were taken from 552 infants for screening TORCH infections by ELISA. Maternal infection was documented by the presence of specific IgG antibody, whereas IgM was used to identify fetal infection. Results: Prevalence of maternal infections with toxoplasma, rubella, CMV and HSV-2 were 17.6%, 73.4%, 99.6% and 40.9%, respectively. Regarding the neonates, no infant presented with congenital toxoplasma, whereas prevalence of neonatal rubella and CMV were 0.2% and 0.5%, respectively, and herpes, 14.7%. No infant, however, was clinical infected

TORCH Infection on 2067 Cases of Women with Childbearing Age in Chongqing / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To investigate the TORCH infection of women with childbearing age in Chongqing.(METHODS) Special IgM antibodies were detected by the TORCH-IgM screen test kits in 2067 women with(childbearing) age,among them 1829 were women with normal childbearing and 238 were women with abnormal one.RESULTS The infection rate of Toxoplasma gondii(TOX),Rubella virus(RV),Cytomegalovirus(CMV) in women with abnormal childbearing was significantly higher than those in women with normal one(P(0.05)).CONCLUSIONS The(abnormal) pregnancy is (related) with TORCH infection.So TORCH screen before pregnancy is very important to aristogenesis.