Evaluation of eight commercial tests for Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies in the absence of acute infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 685-688

  Nir Paz, R ^a,b   Michael Gayego, A ^a   Ron, M ^a   Block, C ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assays; Diagnosis; IgG; IgM; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33744903420     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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