TABLE 3.
Characteristics of 173 clinical specimens included in this study
| Specimen nature | Number of specimens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxoplasmosis | Positive Sacace resultsa | Absence of toxoplasmosis | Negative Sacace resultsa | Final results | |
| Congenital toxoplasmosis | Concordant | ||||
| Amniotic fluid (AF) | 17 (1) | 17 (2, 1) | 6 | 6 (1) | 100% |
| Placenta | 19 | 19 (1, 1) | 5 | 5 (1) | |
| Umbilical cord blood | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fetal biopsy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cerebral toxoplasmosis | |||||
| Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) | 16 (1) | 16 (2, 2) | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Brain biopsy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ocular toxoplasmosis | |||||
| Aqueous humor (AH) | 12 | 12 (2) | 3 | 3 (1) | 100% |
| Disseminated toxoplasmosis/Acute toxoplasmosis | |||||
| Blood/buffy coat | 26 (2) | 26 (2) | 25 | 25 (4) | 100% |
| Broncho alveolar lavage fluid (BALF)/sputum | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 (1) | |
| Bone marrow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lymph node biopsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Biopsy/Abscess | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total of clinical specimens | 106 | 106 | 67 | 67 | 100% |
a
In brackets, the numbers in bold corresponded to IC issue, and the numbers in italic corresponded to the inconstantly positive.