Comparison of four Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM-, IgG- and IgA-specific enzyme immunoassays in blood donors and patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1094-1098

  Csango P A ^a,c   Pedersen, J E ^a   Hess, R D ^b  

^a Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^b Hiss Diagnostics GmbH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood donors; Enzyme immunoassays; IgA; IgM; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11044230331     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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