Virus panels - IgG

[norcalmom]

Our LLMD just did a viral panel on DS. I'm wonder if the positives mean anything...since 95% of the population have had these viruses, 95% of the population should be positive for IgG. I can't find anything that tells me if his number are REALLY high (or normal population high...). Or if a really high IgG titer for these viruses might be a sign of a chronic infection. ( I did find one article on that, but it used a different unit of measure so I can't compare DS's results to what is quoted in article)

 

The two in question were HHV 6 IgG which was 4.68 (neg under .76, equivocal under .99) this is different unit of measure than most of literate I've found on it, they use the ratio format, don't think I can convert it.

 

And Coxsackie IgG - A7,A9,A16,A24 - were all 1:800 (neg under 1:100)

 

All the IgMs and the EBV - were negative.

 

Can any of you with viral panels done tell me what your docs said and what your numbers were?

 

Thank you all!

[norcalmom]

  On 8/10/2012 at 7:29 PM, norcalmom said:

Our LLMD just did a viral panel on DS. I'm wonder if the positives mean anything...since 95% of the population have had these viruses, 95% of the population should be positive for IgG. I can't find anything that tells me if his number are REALLY high (or normal population high...). Or if a really high IgG titer for these viruses might be a sign of a chronic infection. ( I did find one article on that, but it used a different unit of measure so I can't compare DS's results to what is quoted in article)

 

The two in question were HHV 6 IgG which was 4.68 (neg under .76, equivocal under .99) this is different unit of measure than most of literate I've found on it, they use the ratio format, don't think I can convert it.

 

And Coxsackie IgG - A7,A9,A16,A24 - were all 1:800 (neg under 1:100)

 

All the IgMs and the EBV - were negative.

 

Can any of you with viral panels done tell me what your docs said and what your numbers were?

 

Thank you all!

 

 

Just did a little digging and found this - I guess we should have done the other test .

:An ELISA> 5 in an adult MIGHT be a clue of an active infection, but only the antibody tests done by IFA can tell you with precision how elevated the antibodies are." found it on some HHV- 6 website under the testing information.