caa a22 4500 475831640 CHVBK 20180406123841.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960000317 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960000317 False-Positive IgM Antibody Tests for Cytomegalovirus in Patients with Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection [Elektronische Daten] [Y. Miendje Deyi, P. Goubau, M. Bodéus]  The diagnosis of acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is frequently based on a positive IgM result. False-positive reactions due to interfering infections may exist. Between August 1998 and May 1999, 62 patients were found to be IgM positive and IgG negative with the Axsym assay (Abbott, Germany). Serological testing for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was performed in these patients to detect any cross-reactivity due to acute mononucleosis. Additionally, the results of the CMV Axsym was evaluated in 40 patients with acute EBV infection. The results suggest that the CMV-IgM Axsym assay shows a lack of specificity due to acute EBV infection. Precautions must be taken when CMV-IgM Axsym results are interpreted. It seems necessary to confirm equivocal results with another technique and to take into account other clinical and biological observations. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Miendje Deyi Y. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut Goubau P. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut Bodéus M. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000317 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000317 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miendje Deyi Y. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goubau P. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bodéus M. Department of Microbiology, Unit of Virology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30, UCL 3055, 1200 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: Bodeus@mblg.ucl.ac.be, BE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer