Do serological tests provide adequate rapid diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection?

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-399

  Liu, Fang Ching ^a,b   Chen, Po Yen ^b   Huang, Fang Liang ^b   Tsai, Chi Ren ^b   Lee, Chun Yi ^b   Lin, Chen Fu ^b  

^a JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54449094920     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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