Nonspecificity of assaying for IgG antibody to pneumolysin in circulating immune complexes as a means to diagnose pneumococcal pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 534-538

  Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Mediwala, Rahul ^a,b   Phan, Hoang M ^a   Chen, George ^a,b   Baughn, Robert E ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0035864506     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318709     Document Type: Article

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