Pediatria pre prax 4/2005
INTERPRETATION OF SEROLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEWBORNS
Article summarises experiences and rules for an interpretation of serological inverstigations. Laboratory methods are briefly mentioned and the most common reason for false positive and false negative results are analysed. Special attention is paid to groups of newborns and pregnant women including intepretations pitfalls of these investigation’s results. Typical situations in use of serologic diagnosis of infection diseases are brought out at the end.
Keywords: diagnosis of infection disease, interpretation, pregnant women, newborns.
