title: Application of a second-tier newborn screening assay for c5 isoforms.
abstract: We report a case of false-positive metabolic screening for isovaleric acidemia in a newborn due to treatment of the mother with pivalic acid containing antibiotics before delivery. By using a recently established second-tier test based on the tandem-MS technique, we could identify pivalic acid in a dried blood sample taken during routine neonatal screening. Before this second-tier test was initiated, diverse analytical procedures were performed in the baby to rule out isovaleric acidemia and carnitine supplementation was started. This caused additional psychological burden to the family. The direct use of the second-tier test would have avoided these negative consequences of a false-positive screening result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Kidney-, Liver- and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cloppenborg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janzen
authors.forename: Hj
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Steuerwald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: Am
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das