Comparison of serological tests for detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies to Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-431

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a   Kawasaki, Kozo ^a   Komura, Hayashi ^a   Kawai, Yasuhiro ^a   Tsumura, Naoki ^b   Bannai, Hisaichi ^c   Iwata, Satoshi ^d   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Enzyme immunoassay; IgM; Micro immunofluorescence test; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 41849098877     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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