Skip to main content
NCBI home page
The British Journal of Venereal Diseases logoLink to The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
. 1972 Dec;48(6):464–469. doi: 10.1136/sti.48.6.464

Neonatal congenital syphilis. Diagnosis by the absorbed fluorescent treponemal antibody (IgM) test.

N A Johnston
PMCID: PMC1048368  PMID: 4568466

Full text

PDF
464

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Alford C. A., Jr, Polt S. S., Cassady G. E., Straumfjord J. V., Remington J. S. Gamma-M-fluorescent treponemal antibody in the diagnosis of congenital syphilis. N Engl J Med. 1969 May 15;280(20):1086–1091. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196905152802002. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Alford C. A., Jr, Polt S. S., Cassady G. E., Straumfjord J. V., Remington J. S. Gamma-M-fluorescent treponemal antibody in the diagnosis of congenital syphilis. N Engl J Med. 1969 May 15;280(20):1086–1091. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196905152802002. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Alford C. A., Jr Studies on antibody in congenital rubella infections. I. Physicochemical and immunologic investigations of rubella neutralizing antibody. Am J Dis Child. 1965 Oct;110(4):455–463. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1965.02090030475019. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Alford C. A., Schaefer J., Blankenship W. J., Straumfjord J. V., Cassady G. A correlative immunologic, microbiologic and clinical approach to the diagnosis of acute and chronic infections in newborn infants. N Engl J Med. 1967 Aug 31;277(9):437–449. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196708312770901. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Alford C. A., Schaefer J., Blankenship W. J., Straumfjord J. V., Cassady G. A correlative immunologic, microbiologic and clinical approach to the diagnosis of acute and chronic infections in newborn infants. N Engl J Med. 1967 Aug 31;277(9):437–449. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196708312770901. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. BUTLER N. R., BARR M., GLENNY A. T. Immunization of young babies against diphtheria. Br Med J. 1954 Feb 27;1(4860):476–481. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.4860.476. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Cohen S. M., Ducharme C. P., Carpenter C. A., Deibel R. Rubella antibody in IgG and IgM immunoglobulins detected by immunofluorescence. J Lab Clin Med. 1968 Nov;72(5):760–766. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. FRANKLIN E. C., KUNKEL H. G. Comparative levels of high molecular weight (19S) gamma globulin in maternal and umbilical cord sera. J Lab Clin Med. 1958 Nov;52(5):724–727. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. GITLIN D., KUMATE J., URRUSTI J., MORALES C. THE SELECTIVITY OF THE HUMAN PLACENTA IN THE TRANSFER OF PLASMA PROTEINS FROM MOTHER TO FETUS. J Clin Invest. 1964 Oct;43:1938–1951. doi: 10.1172/JCI105068. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. HEMMINGS W. A. Protein selection in the yolk-sac splanchnopleur of the rabbit: the distribution of isotope following injection of 131I-labelled serum globulin into the uterine cavity. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1956 May 29;145(919):186–195. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1956.0026. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Hanshaw J. B., Steinfeld H. J., White C. J. Fluorescent-antibody test for cytomegalovirus macroglobulin. N Engl J Med. 1968 Sep 12;279(11):566–570. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196809122791102. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. McCracken G. H., Jr, Shinefield H. R. Immunoglobulin concentrations in newborn infants with congenital cytomegalic inclusion disease. Pediatrics. 1965 Dec;36(6):933–937. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Remington J. S., Miller M. J., Brownlee I. IgM antibodies in acute toxoplasmosis. I. Diagnostic significance in congenital cases and a method for their rapid demonstration. Pediatrics. 1968 Jun;41(6):1082–1091. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. SILVERSTEIN A. M., LUKES R. J. Fetal response to antigenic stimulus. I. Plasmacellular and lymphoid reactions in the human fetus to intrauterine infection. Lab Invest. 1962 Nov;11:918–932. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Scotti A., Logan L., Caldwell J. G. Fluorescent antibody test for neonatal congenital syphilis: a progress report. J Pediatr. 1969 Dec;75(6):1129–1134. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(69)80368-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Scotti A., Logan L., Caldwell J. G. Fluorescent antibody test for neonatal congenital syphilis: a progress report. J Pediatr. 1969 Dec;75(6):1129–1134. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(69)80368-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Sepetjian M., Tissot Guerraz F., Monier J. C., Nivelon J. L., Thivolet J. Investigation of a specific IgM antibody test in neonatal congenital syphilis. Br J Vener Dis. 1970 Feb;46(1):18–20. doi: 10.1136/sti.46.1.18. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Stiehm E. R., Ammann A. J., Cherry J. D. Elevated cord macroglobulins in the diagnosis of intrauterine infections. N Engl J Med. 1966 Nov 3;275(18):971–977. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196611032751801. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from British Journal of Venereal Diseases are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES