Eurofins Biomnis code

TOXWB

Specialty

Infectious

Clinical significance

Western Blot technique essentially used to monitor newborns whose mother displayed toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. The mother's and infant's profiles are compared and if the infant has bands that the mother does not have, this indicates congenital toxoplasmosis. However, if the profiles are identical, this tends to suggest antibodies transmitted passively by the mother.

Preanalytics

• 1 ml mother's serum + 1 ml infant's serum collected 5 days after birth
•   Reftrigerated

• A tube specifically for this analysis : No

Further information

Always indicate the clinical context
IMPORTANT: always associate the serum of the mother with that of the child (sampled on 5th day after birth) for profile comparison

Methodology

Western-Blot

Turnaround time

11 days

Caption